Genger Poole v. W.P. Downey, No. 18-1162 (4th Cir. 2019)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-1162 GENGER POOLE, as Administrator of the Estate of William Dean Poole, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. W.P. DOWNEY, SGT., Defendant - Appellee, and GASTON COUNTY; J.E. KNUPP, SGT.; T.R. EARL, Officer; A.O. HOLDER, Officer, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. David C. Keesler, Magistrate Judge. (3:15-cv-00309-DCK) Submitted: December 27, 2018 Decided: January 9, 2019 Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Charles A. Everage, HUNTER EVERAGE, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Martha Raymond Thompson, STOTT, HOLLOWELL, PALMER & WINDHAM, LLP, Gastonia, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Genger Poole, as administrator of the Estate of William Dean Poole (“the Estate”), appeals from the magistrate judge’s grant of summary judgment to Sergeant W.P. Downey on the Estate’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) claims. * We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge. Poole v. Gaston, No. 3:15-cv-00309-DCK (W.D.N.C. Oct. 6, 2017). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED * The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2012). 3
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