Donat Porter v. Merrick Garland, No. 21-2093 (4th Cir. 2022)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-2093 DONAT CALEB PORTER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General; JOSHUA STEIN, Attorney General of North Carolina; ROXANN H. VANEEKHOVEN; JENNIFER M. TAYLOR; CASEY E. WALLACE; MARTIN B. MCGEE; DAVID BRENT CLONINGER; BENJAMIN G. GOFF; VAN SHAW; DAVID BRADSON RILEY; JOSH W. HELMS; JAMES N. BAILEY; KEVIN PFISTER; DUSTIN GROOMS; JAMES ROMINGER; CITY OF CONCORD, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Loretta C. Biggs, District Judge. (1:20-cv-00573-LCB-JEP) Submitted: March 23, 2022 Decided: July 28, 2022 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, AGEE, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Donat Caleb Porter, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Martin Koch, LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD M. KOCH, PA, Charlotte, North Carolina; Steven Andrew Bader, Raleigh, North Carolina, Patrick Houghton Flanagan, CRANFILL SUMNER, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Donat Caleb Porter appeals the district court’s order and judgment dismissing his civil rights complaint. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm. Porter v. Garland, No. 1:20-cv-00573-LCB-JEP (M.D.N.C. Aug. 6, 2021). 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 3

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