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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UNPUBLISHED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. 15-7546

JOEL VICARS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

HAROLD CLARKE, Director of the Virginia Department of 

Corrections (VDOC); A. DAVID ROBINSON, Chief of Corrections 

Operations of the VDOC; JOHN JABE, Deputy Director of 

Operations of the VDOC; GREGORY HOLLOWAY, 

Superintendent/Warden of Wallens Ridge State Prison; DAVID 

ZOOK, Assistant Warden of Wallens Ridge State Prison; 

REBECCA YOUNG, Operations Manager/Officer at Wallens Ridge 

State Prison; W. TODD FARRIS, Unit Manager at Wallens Ridge 

State Prison; DENNIS COLLINS, Unit Manager at Wallens Ridge 

State Prison; QUINCEY REYNOLDS, Unit Manager of the 864.1 

VHU at Wallens Ridge State Prison; BRENDA RAVIZEE, 

Institutional Ombudsman/Grievance Coordinator at Wallens 

Ridge State Prison,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Norman K. Moon, Senior 

District Judge. (7:15-cv-00620-NKM-RSB)

Submitted: May 13, 2016 Decided: June 3, 2016

Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Joel Vicars, Appellant Pro Se. John Michael Parsons, Assistant 

Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Joel Vicars appeals the district court’s order granting 

summary judgment to the Defendants on his complaint asserting 

claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) and the Religious Land Use 

and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc to 

2000cc-5 (2012). We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. Vicars v. Clarke, No. 7:14-cv-00620-NKMRSB (W.D. Va. Aug. 26, 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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