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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7141

JULIO ZELAYA SORTO,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

PHILLIP STOVER; JOSEPH LIGHTSEY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:14-ct-03130-FL)

Submitted: January 23, 2017 Decided: January 25, 2017

Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Julio Zelaya Sorto, Appellant Pro Se. Joseph Finarelli, Special 

Deputy Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina; Nathan Douglas 

Childs, Elizabeth Pharr McCullough, YOUNG MOORE & HENDERSON, PA, 

Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Julio Zelaya Sorto appeals the district court’s order 

denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. We 

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district 

court. Sorto v. Stover, No. 5:14-ct-03130-FL (E.D.N.C. Aug. 11, 

2016). We deny the motion for appointment of counsel and 

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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