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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6300

JEAN BERNARD GERMAIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

RICHARD MILLER, Acting Warden; WILLIAM BOHRER, Security Chief; 

THOMAS SAWYER, HU 2 Manager; WALTER ISER, JR., HU 1 Sergeant,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, Senior District Judge. 

(1:15-cv-00349-JFM)

Submitted: June 30, 2016 Decided: September 8, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jean Bernard Germain, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Judith LaneWeber, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Jean Bernard Germain appeals a district court’s order 

granting summary judgment to the Defendants and dismissing his 42 

U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. We have reviewed the record and 

affirm for the reasons cited by the district court. Germain v. 

Miller, No. 1:15-cv-00349-JFM (D. Md. Feb. 29, 2016). We have 

considered Germain’s claims that the district court abused its 

discretion denying his motions for discovery, appointment of

counsel, and recusal and find the claims to be without merit. We 

deny Germain’s motion for a stay. 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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