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Ronald David JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY FOR CITY MANAGERS JACK MCLEAN AND MIKE WADE, Secretary City of Quincy, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 16-10162 Non-Argument Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    Filed: 10/12/2016
    Ronald David Jones, Pro Se
    Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

The District Court, adopting the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, sua sponte dismissed for failure to state a claim for relief the pro se complaint Ronald David Jones filed in this case, seeking money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his rights under the federal constitutional and state common law. Jones appeals the dismissal. We affirm.

The Magistrate Judge described the material allegations of Jones’ complaint thus-iy:

The complaint alleges that on April 22, 2014, the Mayor of Quincy went to Plaintiffs house and asked whether Plaintiff had ever received payment from the City of Quincy. The payment ... presumably pertains to Plaintiffs utility bill. The Mayor told Plaintiff he should have already received a check and advised Plaintiff he had personally seen the list which contained Plaintiffs name. Plaintiff then went to City Hall to talk with Mike Wade, Interim City Manager, about his check. Plaintiff complains that Wade’s secretary refused to let Plaintiff speak with him. When Plaintiff returned with his mother, Wade was standing in the lobby. Plaintiff tried to talk to Wade about the check when Wade asked Plaintiff to step into his office. Plaintiff contends the secretary, whose name is apparently unknown, was gesturing to Wade not to do so. Plaintiff contends the secretary was telling Wade “what to do.” Plaintiff states that then he went to the City Commission meeting on May 13, 2014, the secretary came up to him, gave him a “mean look, and intentionally stepped” on Plaintiffs foot “while saying some smart remark” to Plaintiff. Plaintiff also contends that when he went to meet with Wade the next day, the Secretary told Plaintiff he “had no business running for President because [Plaintiff] did not salute the flag....”

These allegations on their face show no violation of a federal constitutional right or of a right at common law. The judgment of the District Court is, accordingly,

AFFIRMED. 
      
      . Jones motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED.