UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-2134

THOMAS R. COX, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND; ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY; KELLY PULTZ, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. George Levi Russell, III, District Judge. (1:12-cv-01364-GLR)

Submitted: January 22, 2013 Decided: January 24, 2013

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas R. Cox, Appellant Pro Se. Hugh Scott Curtis, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland; Philip E.

Culpepper, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OFFICE OF LAW, Annapolis, Maryland; Morgan William Fisher, LAWRENCE & FISHER PLLC, Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Thomas R. Cox appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint against the State of Maryland and Anne Arundel County, and his defamation complaint against Kelly Pultz. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Cox v. Maryland, No. 1:12-cv-01364-GLR (D. Md. Sept. 10, 2012). 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