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 Willie J. Riley, Appellant, v. Dennis Wayne Catoe, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2015-001627

Appeal From Richland County J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge, Tanya A. Gee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-322 Submitted June 1, 2017 – Filed August 2, 2017

AFFIRMED

Willie J. Riley, of Columbia, pro se.

Leslie A. Cotter, Jr., and Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, both of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: First Sav. Bank v. McLean, 314 S.C. 361, 363, 444 S.E.2d 513, 514 (1994) (stating the failure to provide arguments or supporting authority for an issue on appeal is deemed an abandonment of the issue); Rouvet v. Rouvet, 388 S.C. 301, 310, 696 S.E.2d 204, 208 (Ct. App. 2010) ("[L]ack of familiarity with legal proceedings is not an acceptable excuse and the court will hold a layman to the same standard as an attorney.").

AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and HUFF and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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