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Parties Involved:
D. Burcinski
Appellee
Daniel Cotter
Appellee
S. Duffy
Appellee
Michael D. James
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6110

MICHAEL D. JAMES,

Plaintiff – Appellant,

v.

DANIEL COTTER, Perry CI Contraband Sgt; D. BURCINSKI, 

Contraband Cpl; S. DUFFY, Administrative Captain, Perry CI,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Beaufort. Terry L. Wooten, Chief District 

Judge. (9:14-cv-04518-TLW)

Submitted: August 3, 2016 Decided: September 8, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael D. James, Appellant Pro Se. James Victor McDade, DOYLE, 

O’ROURKE, TATE & MCDADE, PA, Anderson, South Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Michael D. James seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, granting 

summary judgment to defendants, and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 (2012) complaint without prejudice for failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies. Upon review, we vacate the district 

court’s order and remand the case with instructions to allow 

James a reasonable time to exhaust his administrative remedies 

and then, if necessary, move to amend his complaint. We deny 

James’ motion for appointment of counsel and 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.

VACATED AND REMANDED

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