Barton Adams v. Warden Anne Carter, No. 15-6625 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-6625 BARTON JOSEPH ADAMS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN ANNE MARIE CARTER, FCI Morgantown, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Elkins. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (2:14-cv-00065-JPB-JES) Submitted: August 27, 2015 Decided: September 1, 2015 Before GREGORY, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Barton Joseph Adams, Appellant Pro Se. Helen Campbell Altmeyer, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Barton Joseph Adams, a former federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing as moot his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition. reversible error. We have reviewed Accordingly, the although record we and grant find no leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Adams v. Warden, No. 2:14-cv-00065-JPB-JES (N.D.W. Va. Apr. 7, 2015). We deny Adams’ motion to appoint counsel and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal before contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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