USCA4 Appeal: 22-6473 Doc: 10 Filed: 11/22/2022 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-6473

KARSTEN OBED ALLEN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

LARRY FIELDS, Unit Manager at KMCC; M. G. DESKINS, Lieutenant at KMCC; M. S. BUCKLEN, Lieutenant at KMCC; T. LOWE, Institutional Hearings Officer at KMCC; CARL MANIS, Regional Administrator for the VDOC’s Western Region; A. T. COLLINS, Unit Manager at KMCC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Pamela Meade Sargent, Magistrate Judge. (7:21-cv-00244-PMS)

Submitted: November 17, 2022 Decided: November 22, 2022

Before KING, QUATTLEBAUM, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Karsten Obed Allen, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Karsten Obed Allen, a Virginia inmate, appeals the magistrate judge’s order 1

dismissing without prejudice his

action. 2 We have reviewed the record

de novo and identified no error in the magistrate judge’s decision to grant Defendants’ Fed.

R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. See Mays v. Sprinkle,

(4th Cir.

2021) (stating standard of review for a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal). Accordingly, we affirm

the magistrate judge’s dismissal order. Allen v. Fields, No. 7:21-cv-00244-PMS (W.D. Va.

Mar. 25, 2022). 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

1 The parties consented to jurisdiction before a magistrate judge pursuant to

(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73. 2 Although the magistrate judge dismissed Allen’s complaint without prejudice, we conclude that the dismissal order is final and appealable. See Britt v. DeJoy,

(4th Cir. 2022) (en banc) (published order).

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