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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-7229

MELVIN C. DODSON,

Movant - Appellant,

and

LARRY E. PATTERSON; ELMO A. REID, JR.; JAMES R. CLARK,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TIMOTHY M. KAINE, Governor of the State of Virginia, sued in 

his official and individual capacity; JOHN W. MARSHALL, 

Secretary of Public Safety of Virginia, sued in his official 

and individual capacity; HELEN F. FAHEY, Chairperson of the 

Virginia Parole Board, sued in her official and individual 

capacity,

Defendants,

v.

DEREK T. FRITZINGER,

Movant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief

District Judge. (3:08-cv-00490-JRS)

Submitted: December 21, 2010 Decided: January 4, 2011

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Before NIEMEYER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Melvin C. Dodson, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Melvin C. Dodson seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order denying a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration 

of its prior order adopting the magistrate judge’s 

recommendation and dismissing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) civil 

rights action. However, because Dodson was not a party to or an 

intervenor in the § 1983 action,*

DISMISSED

he lacks standing to challenge 

this order on appeal. See Davis v. Scott, 176 F.3d 805, 807-08 

(4th Cir. 1999). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack 

of jurisdiction. We 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.

 * Dodson’s motion to join the lawsuit was denied as moot on 

March 11, 2010.

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