THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Reginald M. Gilliam, Appellant, v. Greenwood Professional Investigations, Inc. and Mr. Ronnie McAllister, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2011-194292

Appeal From Greenwood County Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-044 Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed January 30, 2013

AFFIRMED

Reginald M. Gilliam, pro se.

Billy J. Garrett, Jr., of The Garrett Law Firm, PC, and Robert Jamison Tinsley, Jr., of Tinsley & Tinsley, P.C., both of Greenwood, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 12(a), SCRCP ("A defendant shall serve his answer within 30 days after the service of the complaint upon him . . . ."); Citizens & S. Nat'l Bank of S.C. v. First Palmetto State Bank & Trust Co., 279 S.C. 252, 254, 305 S.E.2d 80, 80-81 (1983) ("[O]ne of the most important elements of a Summons is the time it allots for the defendant to appear.").

AFFIRMED.1 SHORT, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.