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Parties Involved:
Harold Clarke
Appellee
Deonta Jerome Hicks
Appellant
Wendell W. Pixley
Appellee
Dave Robinson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-7502

DEONTA JEROME HICKS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

WENDELL W. PIXLEY, Warden; HAROLD CLARKE, Director of Virginia 

Department of Corrections; DAVE ROBINSON, Chief of Corrections,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at 

Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:16-cv-00189-CMH-IDD)

Submitted: March 10, 2020 Decided: March 13, 2020

Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Deonta Jerome Hicks, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Deonta Jerome Hicks, a Virginia inmate, appeals the district court’s order granting 

Defendants summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2018) civil rights action in which 

Hicks alleged violations of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion and of 

the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc 

to 2000cc-5 (2018). We have reviewed the record, in conjunction with the arguments 

raised by Hicks on appeal, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district 

court’s order. Hicks v. Pixley, No. 1:16-cv-00189-CMH-IDD (E.D. Va. Sept. 20, 2019). 

We deny Hicks’ pending motions to amend his appeal, for the appointment of investigative 

services, to compel Defendants to disclose financial information and related evidence, and 

for injunctive relief. 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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