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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UNPUBLISHED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. 09-1804

CLEVELAND SANDERS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SC DEPT CORRECTIONS,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Greenville. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge. 

(6:09-cv-01100-TLW-WMC)

Submitted: April 6, 2010 Decided: July 1, 2010

Before NIEMEYER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, 

Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Cleveland Sanders, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Cleveland Sanders, III, voluntarily dismissed an 

action he filed in the United States District Court for the 

District of South Carolina, in which he sought to appeal an 

order of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He then noted an 

appeal, which the district court transmitted to this court 

pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 3(d)(1). However, the only avenue 

for relief from the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision is 

by petition for writ of certiorari filed in the United States 

Supreme Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1257 (2006). Neither the district 

court nor this court has jurisdiction to review an order of a 

state court. Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis, we affirm the dismissal of Sanders’s district 

court action. We dispense with oral argument because the facts 

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

AFFIRMED

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