Shadreck Kifayatuthelezi v. SC Department of Corrections, No. 19-7379 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7379 SHADRECK KIFAYATUTHELEZI, a/k/a Norman Hayes, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; MICHAEL STOBBE, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. Terry L. Wooten, Senior District Judge. (8:17-cv-03139-TLW) Submitted: April 29, 2020 Decided: May 20, 2020 Before NIEMEYER, WYNN, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kyle J. White, WHITE, DAVIS, AND WHITE LAW FIRM, PA, Anderson, South Carolina; Tristan M. Shaffer, Chapin, South Carolina, for Appellant. William H. Davidson, II, Kenneth P. Woodington, DAVIDSON, WREN & DEMASTERS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Shadreck Kifayatuthelezi appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, granting summary judgment to the Appellees, and dismissing Kifayatuthelezi’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2018) civil rights claims and his claims under the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 15-78-10 to 15-78-220. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Kifayatuthelezi v. S.C. Dep’t of Corr., No. 8:17-cv03139-TLW (D.S.C. Sept. 25, 2019). 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 2

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