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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7052

MIKE SETTLE,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

MICHAEL SLAGER, sued in their individual and official 

capacities; NORTH CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, sued in 

their individual and official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Charleston. Richard M. Gergel, District 

Judge. (2:15-cv-01802-RMG)

Submitted: November 23, 2015 Decided: January 15, 2016

Before MOTZ, FLOYD, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mike Settle, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Mike Settle appeals the district court’s order accepting 

the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on 

his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. We have reviewed the 

record and find no reversible error. First, Settle’s consent 

was not required before the district court referred to the 

magistrate judge for a non-dispositive ruling, and the district 

court appropriately conducted a de novo review of those portions 

of the report to which Settle objected. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) 

(2012). Moreover, as the district court held, Settle has no 

standing to assert the constitutional rights of a third party, 

see Archuleta v. McShan, 897 F.2d 495, 497 (10th Cir. 1990), and 

his state claim is likewise meritless. Accordingly, we affirm 

for the reasons stated by the district court. Settle v. Slager, 

No. 2:15-cv-01802-RMG (D.S.C. June 22, 2015). 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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