U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2021

Wendell Cruse v. Ernie Blackburn

Wendell Cruse v. Ernie Blackburn
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided May 11, 2021

Wendell Cruse v. Ernie Blackburn

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-1652

WENDELL LEONARD CRUSE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ERNIE BLACKBURN, Sgt., Huntington W. Va. Police Dept. #125; PAUL MATOVICH, Cpl., Huntington W. Va. Police Dept. #418, Defendants - Appellees, and SEAN HAMMERS, Cabell County W. Va. Prosecutor; SHARON FRAZIER, Cabell County W. Va. Assistant Prosecutor, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Robert C. Chambers, District Judge. (3:17-cv-00485)

Submitted: April 27, 2021 Decided: May 11, 2021

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Wendell Leonard Cruse, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Kenneth Nord, OFFUTT NORD, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Wendell Leonard Cruse appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting summary judgment to the Appellees in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Cruse v. Blackburn, No. 3:17-cv-00485 (S.D.W. Va. June 3, 2019). 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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