Kenneth Rivera v. Bryan Stirling, No. 16-7139 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-7139 KENNETH SYNCERE RIVERA, a/k/a Kenneth Rivera, a/k/a Kenneth D. Rivera, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BRYAN P. STIRLING, Director; MR. MCKIE, a/k/a Bernard McKie, Warden; MR. PEARSON, a/k/a Elbert Pearson, S.I.U.; MS. SMITH, I.C.C.; MR. SPAN, I.C.C., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. J. Michelle Childs, District Judge. (8:15-cv-03196-JMC) Submitted: December 20, 2016 Decided: December 22, 2016 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kenneth Syncere Rivera, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Holmes Burton, GIBBES & BURTON, LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kenneth Syncere Rivera appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. Because the record exhaust discloses administrative (2012), we complaint. legal before Rivera remedies affirm the as failed required dismissal to properly under without 42 U.S.C. prejudice § of his 1997e his We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this that court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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