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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1944

EARL L. THORTON, JR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DONNIE HARRISON, Wake County Sheriff, officially; FRANK 

GUNTER, Jail Administrator, officially and individually; 

JOHN DOE #1, officially and individually; JOHN DOE #2, 

officially and individually,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Senior

District Judge. (5:08-cv-00043-F)

Submitted: February 18, 2010 Decided: February 23, 2010

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Earl L. Thorton, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Albert Maxfield, 

COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE COUNTY OF WAKE, Raleigh, North 

Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Earl L. Thornton, Jr., appeals the district court’s 

order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. 

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district 

court. Thorton v. Harrison, No. 5:08-cv-00043-F (E.D.N.C. 

July 31, 2009). 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.

AFFIRMED

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