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Parties Involved:
Alexandria Police Agents
Appellee
Everette Bradford
Appellee
Joe Burns
Appellee
Maria Campo
Appellee
Brian Cedar
Appellee
Andrew Faile
Appellee
Tom Hammond
Appellee
Sarah Harris
Appellee
Victor Harvey
Appellee
Kelly Hensley
Appellee
Homeland Security Agents
Appellee
Inspector General
Appellee
Corey Johnson
Appellee
Stephen Johnson
Appellee
Karen W. Karlinchak
Appellee
Mark Krieger
Appellee
Michelle K. Lee
Appellee
Kevin Lewis
Appellee
Kathy Matecki
Appellee
Anne Mendez
Appellee
Sarah Monfeldt
Appellee
Dominick Muracco
Appellee
Sharreiff Nasid
Appellee
James Payne
Appellee
Robert Thomas Payne
Appellant
Rinaldi Rada
Appellee
Jennifer R. Seifert
Appellee
Frederick Steckler
Appellee
Cecelia Wilson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-2100

ROBERT THOMAS PAYNE,

 Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

MICHELLE K. LEE, Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; RINALDI RADA, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; SARAH MONFELDT, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; TOM HAMMOND, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; STEPHEN JOHNSON, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; KATHY MATECKI, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; ANNE MENDEZ, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office; CAPTAIN EVERETTE BRADFORD, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; PATROL VICTOR 

HARVEY, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KELLY 

HENSLEY, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KEVIN 

LEWIS, United States Patent and Trademark Office; JOE 

BURNS, United States Patent and Trademark Office; 

ALEXANDRIA POLICE AGENTS, Police Department, Alexandria 

Virginia; HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS, Homeland Security; 

INSPECTOR GENERAL, Department of Commerce; JAMES PAYNE, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; SARAH HARRIS, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; FREDERICK 

STECKLER, United States Patent and Trademark Office; 

DOMINICK MURACCO, Department of Commerce, OIG; CECELIA 

WILSON, United States Patent and Trademark Office; KAREN W. 

KARLINCHAK, United States Patent and Trademark Office; MARK 

KRIEGER, Department of Commerce, OIG; JENNIFER R. SEIFERT, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; MARIA CAMPO, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; SHARREIFF NASID, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; BRIAN CEDAR, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; ANDREW FAILE, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office; AGENT COREY 

JOHNSON, Home Land Security,

 Defendants - Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior

District Judge. (1:15-cv-01268-CMH-IDD)

Submitted: February 16, 2017 Decided: February 21, 2017

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and 

HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Thomas Payne, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Carl Barghaan, 

Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Robert Thomas Payne appeals the district court’s order 

denying relief on his complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six 

Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 

(1971). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible 

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the 

district court. Payne v. Lee, No. 1:15-cv-01268-CMH-IDD (E.D. 

Va. July 25, 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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