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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1734

STEPHEN EARL,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

UNITED STATES V.A.; SLOAN D. GIBSON, Acting Secretary of 

V.A.; JAMES CRANDELL, VA Employee; DENNIS MCCLAINE, VA 

Employee; LONNIE HATTON, VA Employee; JOE SOVATOS, VA 

Employee; E. DOUGLAS BRADSHAW, JR., VA Employee; TISHA 

BALKNELL, VA Employee,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior

District Judge. (5:14-cv-00115-F)

Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 27, 2017

Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Cedric R. Perry, PERRY & ASSOCIATES, Rocky Mount, North 

Carolina, for Appellant. John Stuart Bruce, United States 

Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III, Kimberly A. Moore, Assistant 

United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Stephen Earl appeals the district court’s order granting 

summary judgment to the Government on his action under the 

Federal Tort Claims Act. We have reviewed the record and find 

no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons 

stated by the district court. Earl v. United States, No. 5:14-

cv-00115-F (E.D.N.C. May 31, 2016). 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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