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Parties Involved:
Thomas Asbell
Appellee
Earl Graves
Appellant
Lieutenant Hallowell
Appellee
T. Hamilton
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7444

EARL GRAVES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

LIEUTENANT HALLOWELL; T. HAMILTON, Food Services Manager; 

THOMAS ASBELL, Superintendent,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever, III, 

Chief District Judge. (5:13-ct-03152-D)

Submitted: April 23, 2015 Decided: April 27, 2015

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Earl Graves, Appellant Pro Se. Judith Maria Estevez, Assistant 

Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Earl Graves appeals the district court’s order granting 

Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing 

Graves’ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint, and he has filed an 

application to proceed in forma pauperis. Limiting our review 

to the issues raised in the informal brief, see 4th Cir. R. 

34(b), we find no reversible error. Accordingly, although we 

grant Graves’ application to proceed in forma pauperis, we 

affirm the district court’s judgment. Graves v. Hallowell, No. 

5:13-ct-03152-D (E.D.N.C. Sept. 23, 2014). 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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