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Parties Involved:
Dale Anders
Appellee
David Eaves
Appellee
D. Haney

Melinda Haney
Appellee
Robert Hines

Dell Mitchell

John Rutherford
Appellant
Union County Jail

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6199

JOHN RUTHERFORD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CORPORAL DALE ANDERS; SERGEANT MELINDA HANEY, a/k/a Sergeant 

Belinda; PFC DAVID EAVES,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

UNION COUNTY JAIL; ROBERT HINES, Administrator; D. HANEY, 

Assistant Administrator; OFFICER DELL MITCHELL, a/k/a 

Officer Dell,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. 

(2:11-cv-03139-DCN)

Submitted: April 23, 2015 Decided: April 28, 2015

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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John Rutherford, Appellant Pro Se. Russell W. Harter, Jr., 

CHAPMAN, HARTER & HARTER, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

John Rutherford appeals the district court’s final judgment 

entered upon a jury verdict in favor of Appellees in his civil 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). The record does not 

contain a transcript of the trial proceedings. An appellant has 

the burden of including in the record on appeal a transcript of 

all parts of the proceedings material to the issues raised on 

appeal. Fed. R. App. P. 10(b); 4th Cir. R. 10(c). An appellant 

proceeding on appeal in forma pauperis is entitled to 

transcripts at government expense only in certain circumstances. 

28 U.S.C. § 753(f) (2012). By failing to produce a transcript 

or to qualify for the production of a transcript at government 

expense, Rutherford has waived review of the issues on appeal 

that depend upon the transcript to show error. Fed. R. App. P. 

10(b)(2); Keller v. Prince George’s Cnty., 827 F.2d 952, 954 n.1 

(4th Cir. 1987).

As the record before us reveals that Rutherford did not 

pursue any post-verdict motions pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 50(b) or Rule 59, he may not challenge the 

sufficiency of evidence supporting the jury’s verdict. Belk, 

Inc. v. Meyer Corp., U.S., 679 F.3d 146, 154 (4th Cir. 2012). 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment and deny 

his pending motion to appoint counsel. We dispense with oral 

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately 

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presented in the materials before the court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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