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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UNPUBLISHED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. 10-6222

JOVAN WATKINS, 

Plaintiff – Appellant, 

v. 

MARYLAND DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS; KATHLEEN GREEN, (Warden of 

ECI); CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICE; DR. ASTER BERHANE, (CMS 

Doctor), 

Defendants – Appellees. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Chief District 

Judge. (8:09-cv-00294-DKC) 

Submitted: June 17, 2010 Decided: June 25, 2010

Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge. 

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Jovan Watkins, Appellant Pro Se. Glenn William Bell, OFFICE OF 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, Philip 

Melton Andrews, KRAMON & GRAHAM, PA, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellees. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: 

Jovan Watkins appeals the district court’s order 

granting summary judgment to Defendants in Watkins’ 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 (2006) civil rights action. We have reviewed the record 

and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. Watkins v. Md. Div. of 

Corr., No. 8:09-cv-00294-DKC (D. Md. Jan. 15, 2010). We deny 

Watkins’ motion to appoint counsel and 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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