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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1868

HERBERT CLARK, III,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

PATRICK J. MURPHY, Acting Secretary of the Army,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:14-cv-00565-FL)

Submitted: November 22, 2016 Decided: November 29, 2016

Before DIAZ and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Herbert Clark, III, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Ann Moore, 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, 

for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Herbert Clark, III, appeals the district court’s order 

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, granting 

summary judgment to Defendant, and upholding the final decision 

of the Army Board for Corrections of Military Records (“Board”), 

which denied Clark’s request to make corrections to his military 

records. Under the Administrative Procedures Act this court’s 

review of a Board’s decision is “quite limited” and we may only 

set aside the Board’s decision if it is arbitrary, capricious, 

or not based on substantial evidence. Randall v. United States, 

95 F.3d 339, 348 (4th Cir. 1996); see Chappell v. Wallace, 462 

U.S. 296, 303 (1983). We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. Clark v. Murphy, No. 5:14-cv-00565-FL

(E.D.N.C. June 2, 2016). 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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