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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7674

ANTOINE J. CHINA, 

Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

LT. MARSKBERRY; MAJOR NETTLES; WARDEN FRED B. THOMPSON; 

WILLIAM R. BYARS, JR., Director, 

Defendants - Appellees. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Orangeburg. J. Michelle Childs, District 

Judge. (5:13-cv-00091-JMC) 

Submitted: December 14, 2015 Decided: December 30, 2015

Before MOTZ, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. 

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Antoine J. China, Appellant Pro Se. Hugh Willcox Buyck, Gordon 

Wade Cooper, BUYCK, SANDERS & SIMMONS, Charleston, South 

Carolina, for Appellees. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM:

Antoine J. China appeals from the district court’s order 

adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting 

summary judgment to Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) 

civil rights action. He challenges that ruling and the 

magistrate judge’s rulings denying his motions to appoint 

counsel, to compel, and for a default judgment. Appellees move 

to dismiss the appeal as untimely.

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

We further conclude that the notice of appeal was timely filed. 

Accordingly, we deny the motion to dismiss the appeal and affirm 

for the reasons stated by the district court and the magistrate 

judge. China v. Lt. Marskberry, No. 5:13-cv-00091-JMC

(D.S.C. Apr. 11, Sept. 9 & Oct. 3, 2013; Sept. 4, 2014). 

We deny China’s motion to appoint 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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