Raymond Ford, Jr. v. Ralph Northam, No. 23-6410 (4th Cir. 2023)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 23-6410 RAYMOND A. FORD, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RALPH NORTHAM, Governor of Virginia (Former); GLENN YOUNGKIN, Governor of Virginia (Present); HAROLD CLARKE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC); KEMSY BOWLES, Warden of Coffeewood Correctional Center (CWCC); KIMBERLY SOUTTER, Institutional Operations Manager at CWCC; S. RUIZ, Grievance Coordinator at CWCC; GEORGE WALKER; ASHLYN HARTSOOK, Institutional Program Manager at CWCC; NICK MEYER, Chaplain at CWCC; S. MOE-WILLIS, Regional Ombudsman for the VDOC, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:22-cv-00122-EKD-JCH) Submitted: September 14, 2023 Decided: September 18, 2023 Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Raymond Alexander Ford, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Raymond Alexander Ford, Jr., appeals from the magistrate judge’s order denying his motion to appoint counsel and the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the orders. Ford v. Northam, No. 7:22-cv-00122-EKD-JCH (W.D. Va. Nov. 15, 2022; Mar. 31, 2023; Apr. 26, 2023). We grant Ford’s motion to exceed length limitations for his informal brief, deny his motions to compel and to extend the filing time for an informal reply brief, and 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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