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Parties Involved:
Darlington County

Dillon County

Evercom Systems, Incorporated
Appellee
Florence County
Appellee
Lexington County
Appellee
Pay Tel Communications, Incorporated
Appellee
Michael R. Ray
Appellant
South Carolina Budget and Control Board
Appellee
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Appellee
Spartanburg County

Sprint Payphone Services, Incorporated
Appellee
John Vincent Townsend
Appellee
Dennis L. Whipple

Williamsburg County

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7753

MICHAEL R. RAY, on behalf of himself personally and as 

initial class representative pending the appointment of 

counsel to represent the class,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

EVERCOM SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED; LEXINGTON COUNTY, on behalf 

of Lexington County Detention Center; PAY TEL 

COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED; JOHN VINCENT TOWNSEND, 

Personally and as President of Pay Tel Communications, Inc.; 

SPRINT PAYPHONE SERVICES, INCORPORATED, now known as Embarq 

Payphone Services, Incorporated; SOUTH CAROLINA BUDGET AND 

CONTROL BOARD, State of; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS; FLORENCE COUNTY, on behalf of Florence County 

Detention Center,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

DARLINGTON COUNTY, on behalf of Darlington County Detention 

Center; DILLON COUNTY, on behalf of Dillon County Detention 

Center; SPARTANBURG COUNTY, on behalf of Spartanburg County 

Detention Center; WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, on behalf of 

Williamsburg County Detention Center; DENNIS L. WHIPPLE, 

Personally and as President and CEO of Evercom Systems, 

Inc.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. 

(4:05-cv-02904-RBH)

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Submitted: May 20, 2010 Decided: May 24, 2010

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael R. Ray, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel C. Plyler, DAVIDSON & 

LINDEMANN, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; John J. Pringle, Jr., 

ELLIS, LAWHORNE & SIMS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, Brant 

Mitchell Laue, ARMSTRONG TEASDALE, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri; 

Charles Franklin Turner, Jr., Samuel C. Weldon, TURNER, PADGET, 

GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, Stephanie A. 

Joyce, ARENT FOX, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Michael R. Ray appeals the district court’s order 

accepting in part the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 

granting summary judgment to the Defendants and dismissing the 

federal claims with prejudice and dismissing the state law 

claims without prejudice. We have reviewed the record and find 

no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons 

stated by the district court. Ray v. Evercom Sys., Inc., No. 

4:05-cv—2904-RBH (D.S.C. Sept. 16, 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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