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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2324

JIMMIE ECHOLS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SHERIFF OF BERTIE COUNTY,

Defendant – Appellee,

and 

SHERIFF OF BERTIE; OFFICE OF SHERIFF OF BERTIE; DELEGATES OF 

SHERIFF OF BERTIE INVOLVED; SHERIFF OF BERTIE, as Respondeat 

Superior; SHERIFF JOHN HOLLY, in capacity; SHERIFF JOHN 

HOLLEY, as individual; SURETY BOND; INSURER(S); MALEFACTORS,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Elizabeth City. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (2:14-cv-00033-FL)

Submitted: February 25, 2016 Decided: March 16, 2016

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

Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Jimmie Echols, Appellant Pro Se. Lloyd Clifton Smith, III, 

PRITCHETT & BURCH PLLC, Windsor, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Jimmie Echols appeals the district court’s order accepting 

the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing his civil 

action as barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We have reviewed 

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

for the reasons stated by the district court. See Echols v. 

Sheriff of Bertie Cnty., No. 2:14-cv-00033-FL (E.D.N.C. filed 

Sept. 30, 2015; entered Oct. 1, 2015). 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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