U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1998

Knight v. Dept of the Navy

Knight v. Dept of the Navy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided July 9, 1998

Knight v. Dept of the Navy

Opinion

Filed: July 9, 1998 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-2610 CA-93-1064-2-18AJ

JEROME M. MYERS; SAMUEL KENNLEY, Plaintiffs - Appellants, and

LANTZ H. LITTLE; W. L. PACE; REGINALD A. LEE; JAMES E. YOUNG; ELMER E. MARTIN; UNDRA L.

EVERSON; JIMMIE S. TAYLOR; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS; NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 96-2698 CA-93-1914-2-18

ARTHUR PINCKNEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and NORMAN WITHERSPOON; THOMAS WILLIAMS; CYNTHIA H. COAXUM; LUCILLE MYERS; NORMAN JAMES WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

FRANK SIMMONS, JR., Claimant.

No. 96-2699 CA-93-3206-2-18AJ

ELZINE R. FABERS, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

WILLIAM L. DIBBLE; NATHANIEL JUST; JAMES H.

MOULTRIE; NATHANIEL JONES; ELDRIDGE C. LEE; ARTHUR L. NESBITT; HENRY L. MOORE, JR., Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2720 CA-93-2410-2-18AJ

DAVID RILEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

THURMOND HAMMOND; CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; HORACE WILLIAMS; ODIS C. MOORE, JR.; WILLIAM GLOVER, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2721 CA-93-2410-2-18AJ

CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; WILLIAM GLOVER, Plaintiffs - Appellants, and

THURMOND HAMMOND; DAVID RILEY; HORACE WILLIAMS; ODIS C. MOORE, JR., Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY,

Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2771 CA-93-3293-2-18AJ

FRANK REED, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

JASPER M. BRYANT; CATHIE M. CRAWFORD; JOHN DINGLE; HARVEY J. DOCTOR; SEAFUS JORDAN; LEROY M. LLOYD; ABRAHAM J. SMALLS; RICHARD A.

SPENCER; JOSEPH SWINTON, JR.; VENA L. VAIRD; JAMES L. WASHINGTON, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 97-1859 CA-93-2410-2-18AJ

HORACE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

THURMOND HAMMOND; CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; DAVID RILEY; ODIS C. MOORE, JR.; WILLIAM L. GLOVER, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 97-1860 CA-93-3206-2-18AJ

HENRY L. MOORE, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, and

WILLIAM L. DIBBLE; NATHANIEL JUST; JAMES H.

MOULTRIE; ELZINE R. FABERS; NATHANIEL JONES; ELDRIDGE C. LEE; ARTHUR L. NESBITT, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

O R D E R

Appellants in the above-styled appeals were not afforded an opportunity to file informal briefs prior to our disposition of their appeals. In order for these Appellants to submit informal briefs for our review before we act on their appeals, we construe their post-decision pro se filings as petitions for rehearing and grant rehearing for the limited purpose of reviewing their informal briefs. We direct that the Clerk’s Office issue an informal briefing order in these appeals directing that these Appellants mail their informal briefs to this Court no later than August 3, 1998.

FOR THE COURT /s/ Patricia S. Connor

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-2324

NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

LANTZ H. LITTLE; W. L. PACE; JEROME M. MYERS; REGINALD A. LEE; JAMES E. YOUNG; ELMER E.

MARTIN; UNDRA L. EVERSON; JIMMIE S. TAYLOR; SAMUEL KENNLEY; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 96-2325

JAKE LEE, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

PONCE DELEON JONES; JAMES L. CRAWFORD; WILLIAM E. REID, JR.; SHERMAN WESLEY BARCLIFF, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 96-2365

PONCE DELEON JONES, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

JAKE LEE, JR.; JAMES L. CRAWFORD; WILLIAM E.

REID, JR.; SHERMAN WESLEY BARCLIFF, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee,

and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 96-2610

JEROME M. MYERS; SAMUEL KENNLEY, Plaintiffs - Appellants, and

LANTZ H. LITTLE; W. L. PACE; REGINALD A. LEE; JAMES E. YOUNG; ELMER E. MARTIN; UNDRA L.

EVERSON; JIMMIE S. TAYLOR; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS; NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 96-2698

ARTHUR PINCKNEY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

NORMAN WITHERSPOON; THOMAS WILLIAMS; CYNTHIA H. COAXUM; LUCILLE MYERS; NORMAN JAMES WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

FRANK SIMMONS, JR., Claimant.

No. 96-2699

ELZINE R. FABERS, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

WILLIAM L. DIBBLE; NATHANIEL JUST; JAMES H.

MOULTRIE; NATHANIEL JONES; ELDRIDGE C. LEE; ARTHUR L. NESBITT; HENRY L. MOORE, JR., Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2700

STANLEY E. SHAW, Plaintiff - Appellant, and JERALD WATSON; ROBERT WATSON; JAMES FRAZIER Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2720

DAVID RILEY, Plaintiff - Appellant,

and THURMOND HAMMOND; CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; HORACE WILLIAMS; ODIS C. MOORE, JR.; WILLIAM GLOVER, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2721

CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; WILLIAM GLOVER, Plaintiffs - Appellants, and

THURMOND HAMMOND; DAVID RILEY; HORACE WILLIAMS; ODIS C. MOORE, JR., Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2771

FRANK REED, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

JASPER M. BRYANT; CATHIE M. CRAWFORD; JOHN DINGLE; HARVEY J. DOCTOR; SEAFUS JORDAN; LEROY M. LLOYD; ABRAHAM J. SMALLS; RICHARD A.

SPENCER; JOSEPH SWINTON, JR.; VENA L. VAIRD; JAMES L. WASHINGTON, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 96-2772

JAMES E. YOUNG, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III; LANTZ H. LITTLE; W.

L. PACE;JEROME M. MYERS; REGINALD A. LEE; ELMER E. MARTIN; UNDRA L. EVERSON; JIMMIE S.

TAYLOR; SAMUEL KENNLEY; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 97-1768

NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

LANTZ H. LITTLE; W. L. PACE; JEROME M. MYERS; REGINALD A. LEE; JAMES E. YOUNG; ELMER E.

MARTIN; UNDRA L. EVERSON; JIMMIE S. TAYLOR; SAMUEL KENNLEY; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 97-1857

REGINALD A. LEE, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III; LANTZ H. LITTLE; W.

L. PACE; JEROME M. MYERS; JAMES E. YOUNG; ELMER E. MARTIN; UNDRA L. EVERSON; JIMMIE S.

TAYLOR; SAMUEL KENNLEY; THOMAS O. WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 97-1858

WILLIAM E. REID, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant,

and JAKE LEE, JR.; PONCE DELEON JONES; JAMES L.

CRAWFORD; SHERMAN WESLEY BARCLIFF, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee, and

PETER CAMPBELL, Claimant.

No. 97-1859

HORACE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

THURMOND HAMMOND; CAROLYN G. CHAVIS; DAVID RILEY; ODIS C. MOORE, JR.; WILLIAM L. GLOVER, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 97-1860

HENRY L. MOORE, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

WILLIAM L. DIBBLE; NATHANIEL JUST; JAMES H.

MOULTRIE; ELZINE R. FABERS; NATHANIEL JONES; ELDRIDGE C. LEE; ARTHUR L. NESBITT, Plaintiffs, versus

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. (CA-93-1064-2-18AJ, CA-93-2081-2-18AJ, CA-93-1914-2-18, CA-93-3206- 2-18AJ, CA-94-479-2-18AJ, CA-93-2410-2-18AJ, CA-93-3293-2-18AJ)

Submitted: May 19, 1998 Decided: June 3, 1998

Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Norman Robert Knight, III, Jake Lee, Jr., Ponce DeLeon Jones, Jerome M. Myers, Samuel Kennley, Arthur Pinckney, Elzine R. Fabers, Stanley E. Shaw, David Riley, Carolyn G. Chavis, William L. Glover, Frank Reed, James E. Young, Norman Robert Knight, III, Reginald A.

Lee, William E. Reid, Horace Williams, Henry L. Moore, Jr., Appellants Pro Se. John Harris Douglas, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: This is a consolidated appeal. In case Nos. 96-2324, 96-2325, 96-2365, 96-2610, 96-2698, 96-2699, 96-2700, 96-2720, 96-2721, 96- 2771, and 96-2772, the Appellants appeal the district court's orders granting the Navy summary judgment in their civil action filed under the Privacy Act, see 5 U.S.C. § 552a (1994), and deny- ing their motion styled "Motion for a Status Conference Hearing and Rule 60(b) Errors Correction." In case Nos. 97-1860, 97-1859, 97- 1858, and 97-1857, the Appellants appeal only the denial of the mo- tion styled "Motion for a Status Conference Hearing and Rule 60(b) Errors Correction." Finally, the Appellant in No. 97-1768 appeals the district court's order granting counsel's request to be relieved. We have reviewed the record and the district court's thorough and well-reasoned opinions and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. No. 96-2324, Knight v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1064-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2325, Lee v. Depart- ment of the Navy, No. CA-93-2081-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2365, Jones v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93- 2081-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2610, Myers v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1064-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2698, Pinckney v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1914-2-18 (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2699, Fabers v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93- 3206-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2700, Shaw v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-94-479-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept.

18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2720, Riley v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-2410-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2721, Chavis v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-2410-2- 18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2771, Reed v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-3293-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996; May 27, 1997); No. 96-2772, Young v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1064-2-18AJ (D.S.C. Sept. 18, 1996); No. 97-1768, Knight v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1064-2-18-AJ (D.S.C. May 20, 1997); No. 97-1857, Lee v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-1064- 2-18AJ (D.S.C. May 27, 1997); No. 97-1858, Reid v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-2081-2-18AJ (D.S.C. May 27, 1997); No. 97-1859, Williams v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-2410-2-18AJ (D.S.C. May 27, 1997); No. 97-1860, Moore v. Department of the Navy, No. CA-93-3206-2-18AJ (D.S.C. May 27, 1997). We grant the motions to adopt other Appellants' informal briefs. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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