UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-7659

WALTER TIMOTHY GAUSE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ERIC HOOKS, Sec. D.P.S.; NC PRISONER LEGAL SERVICES; STATE OF NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY; STATE OF NC JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (3:20-cv-00507-MR)

Submitted: December 22, 2020 Decided: December 29, 2020

Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Walter Timothy Gause, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Walter Timothy Gause appeals the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2), 1915A. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Gause v. Hooks, No. 3:20-cv-00507-MR (W.D.N.C. Oct. 26, 2020). We deny Gause’s motion for a certificate of appealability and 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