UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6393

SAMUEL KNOWLES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior District Judge. (5:12-ct-03212-F)

Submitted: December 1, 2016 Decided: December 20, 2016

Before KING, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Samuel Knowles, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Ann Moore, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina; Christina Ann Kelley, BUREAU OF PRISONS, Butner, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Samuel Knowles appeals the district court’s order awarding

nominal damages to him in this Federal Tort Claims Act action. We

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm because, as the district court noted,

Knowles did not carry his burden to establish an amount of actual

damages. See Olivetti Corp. v. Ames Bus. Sys., Inc.,

(N.C. 1987); Knowles v. United States, No. 5:12-ct-03212

(E.D.N.C. Feb. 11, 2016). 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

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