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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1340

HARALD SCHMIDT,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

STEVEN HUNSBERGER; JOHN BURK,

Defendants – Appellees, 

and

MICHAEL BURKE,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District 

Judge. (1:14-cv-01372-LO-MSN; 1:14-cv-01373-LO-MSN)

Submitted: August 31, 2015 Decided: September 11, 2015

Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Harald Schmidt, Appellant Pro Se. Jeffrey Notz, COUNTY 

ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Prince William, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Harald Schmidt appeals the district court’s orders 

consolidating his cases against Officers Steven Hunsberger and 

John Burk and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaints 

against the officers. We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s 

orders. See A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater 

Constr. Corp., 559 F.2d 928, 933 (4th Cir. 1977) (identifying 

district court’s broad discretion in consolidation issues); 

United States v. Buckner, 473 F.3d 551, 554-55 (4th Cir. 2007)

(discussing apparent authority to consent to search). 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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