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Parties Involved:
Samuel Knowles
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6393

SAMUEL KNOWLES,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior

District Judge. (5:12-ct-03212-F)

Submitted: December 1, 2016 Decided: December 20, 2016

Before KING, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Samuel Knowles, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Ann Moore, OFFICE OF 

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina; Christina Ann 

Kelley, BUREAU OF PRISONS, Butner, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Samuel Knowles appeals the district court’s order awarding 

nominal damages to him in this Federal Tort Claims Act action. We 

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

Accordingly, we affirm because, as the district court noted, 

Knowles did not carry his burden to establish an amount of actual 

damages. See Olivetti Corp. v. Ames Bus. Sys., Inc., 356 S.E.2d 

578, 586 (N.C. 1987); Knowles v. United States, No. 5:12-ct-03212 

(E.D.N.C. Feb. 11, 2016). 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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