Mark Grethen v. Harold Clarke, No. 16-6206 (4th Cir. 2017)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6206 MARK A. GRETHEN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, VDOC Director; GENE M. JOHNSON, former VDOC Director; JOHN JABE, former VDOC Deputy Director; N.H. SCOTT, VDOC Deputy Director; LOUIS B. CEI, Operation/Special Programs Manager/Faith Review Committee Chair; ARNOLD DAVID ROBINSON, Chief Corrections Operations; LINDA B. SHEAR, VDOC Dietitian; MARK ENGELKE, Director of Food Services; G. ROBINSON, VDOC Ombudsman Services Manager; GEORGE M. HINKLE, Greensville Warden; BENJAMIN A. WRIGHT, Greensville Warden; TRACY RAY, Greensville Warden; D. BOEHM, Greensville Warden; DANA Y. KINSLEY, Greensville Grievance Office; D. MOTLEY, Greensville Grievance Office; KAY L. WHITEHEAD, Greensville Grievance Office; SHIRLEY TAPP, Greensville Grievance Office; SGT. FUTRELL, Greensville Property Officer; MS. BLACKWELL, Greensville Property Officer; S.A. LAWRENCE, Inmate Hearing Officer; JOHN/JANE DOE; BINWI MFONYAM, Counselor; DUANE L. TAYLOR, Lieutenant; JAMES R. CAMACHE, VDOC Deputy Director of Community Corrections; R. H. WILLIAMS, Unit Manager; A. DAVID ROBINSON, SSG; JOHN/JANE DOE, at ERO who failed to complete Level II intake review; CANTEEN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC.; RONALD ABERNATHY; BENJAMIN KWEKU ELLIS; EDWARD WILLIAM GOLD, MD; VINCENT MYRON GORE, MD; LEVESTER THOMPSON, MD; NURSE BRILEY, LPN; HARVARD WILLIAMS STEPHEN, MD; MARK AMONETTE; FREDERICK SCHILLING; ELIZABETH SHAW, RN; STACY TAYLOR, RN; PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC./CORIZON HEALTH, INC.; ARMOR CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL, INC.; VALERIE M. WASHINGTON; RODNEY W. YOUNCE; MARLA GRAFF DECKER, Public Safety Secretariat, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief District Judge. (2:13-cv-00416-RBS-DEM) Submitted: October 31, 2016 Decided: January 5, 2017 Before MOTZ, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Mark A. Grethen, Appellant Pro Se. John Michael Parsons, Assistant Attorney General, Richard Carson Vorhis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Elizabeth Martin Muldowney, RAWLS, MCNELIS & MITCHELL, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Lloyd Lee Byrd, Margaret Frances Hardy, Justin Wright Ward, SANDS ANDERSON, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Ruth Griggs, WIMBISH GENTILE MCCRAY & ROEBER, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Mark A. Grethen appeals the district court’s orders denying his motions for the appointment of counsel, granting a motion for sanctions and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, and denying his motion for reconsideration. reviewed the record and find no reversible error. (2012) We have Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Grethen v. Clarke, No. 2:13-cv-00416-RBS-DEM (E.D. Va. Nov. 24, 2015 & Feb. 11, 2016). counsel as well We deny Grethen’s motion for the appointment of as his motions for a transfer to Augusta Correctional Center and his motion regarding the storage of his legal materials. facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3
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