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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2123

JOSEPH L. BOYKIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE; 

ANDREW BLOCK, Director, in his official and individual 

capacity; MARK GOOCH, Director, in his individual capacity; 

ERIC TIGNOR, Department Investigator, in his official and 

individual capacity; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF 

JUVENILE JUSTICE, BEAUMONT JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTER; 

PEGGY PARRISH, Superintendent, in her official and 

individual capacity; CHARLES DOCKERY, Superintendent, in his 

individual capacity; DAVID GRUBICH, Assistant 

Superintendent, in his individual capacity; AARON DIXON, 

Assistant Superintendent, in his official capacity; LAKARA 

JOHNSON, Lieutenant, in her official and individual 

capacity,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District 

Judge. (3:14-cv-00811-HEH)

Submitted: February 29, 2016 Decided: March 9, 2016

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Joseph L. Boykin, Appellant Pro Se. Ryan Spreague Hardy, 

Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Joseph L. Boykin appeals the district court’s orders

substituting proper party-defendants, granting Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss Boykin’s complaint, and denying as moot 

Boykin’s miscellaneous motions. We have reviewed the record and 

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. Boykin v. Commonwealth of 

Va. Dep’t of Juvenile Justice, No. 3:14-cv-00811-HEH (E.D. Va. 

Aug. 20, 2015). We deny Boykin’s motion for appointment of 

counsel. We deny his motion to schedule 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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