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Parties Involved:
Gaston Caperton
Appellee
Can John M. Crawford

Roger L. Crawford
Appellant
Sidika Crawford

Document Text:

Filed: February 4, 2010 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 91-3044(L) 

(CA-91-106-5) 

Roger L. Crawford, Msgt. USAF (Ret), 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

 v. 

West Virginia Governor’s Office; The West Virginia 

Legislature; The West Virginia Judiciary, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

O R D E R 

 The Court modifies the opinion in this case by redacting 

the social security numbers of the appellees included in the 

caption of the case in docket number 91-3047. 

 For the Court – By Direction 

 /s/ Patricia S. Connor 

 

 Clerk

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 91-3044

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, MSGT USAF (Ret), 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

 v. 

WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE; THE WEST VIRGINIA 

LEGISLATURE; THE WEST VIRGINIA JUDICIARY, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

No. 91-3045

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

 and 

SIDIKA CRAWFORD; CAN JOHN M. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GASTON CAPERTON, in his individual capacity as Governor; 

DOLGEN CORPORATION, a/k/a DOLLAR GENERAL STORES, INC.; DORIS 

LANE, in her individual capacity as Manager of the Dollar 

General Store, Hinton; THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HINTON, 

Plaintiff's local financial institution; SUMMERS COUNTY 

BOARD OF EDUCATION, in its official capacity; STATE OF WEST 

VIRGINIA, in its official capacity as a State of the Union; 

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., a corporation a/k/a CSX RAIL 

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TRANSPORT, CSX TRANSPORT GROUP; RICHARD GUNNOE, Attorney at 

Law; SUMMERS COUNTY COMMISSION, in its official capacity; 

BENJAMIN REED, in his official capacity as Postmaster, U.S. 

Post Office, Hinton; THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICES; JOSEPH 

AUCREMANNE, in his individual capacity as Prosecuting 

Attorney, Summers County; PERRY MANN, in his individual 

capacity as Prosecuting Attorney, Summers County; WILLIAM 

JEFFRIES & JAMES BEASLEY, in their individual capacities as 

Magistrates of Summers County; REVA BROWN, FRANCES BROWN, 

WANDA BROWN, RUDOLPH GORE, ROBIN CRAWFORD, FRANCINE (SMITH) 

GORE, ELIZABETH GORE, citizens of Hinton, West Virginia; 

GASTON CAPERTON, in his individual capacity as Governor; 

RICHARD NEELY, THOMAS B. MILLER, THOMAS E. MCHUGH, W.T. 

BROTHERTON, JR., MARGARET L. WORKMAN, in their individual 

capacities as Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of 

Appeals; KAY MEADOR, in her individual capacity as Clerk of 

Summers County Magistrate Court; WILMA G. ANGOTTI, citizen 

of Hinton; JUDY PETTY, FRED D. MOCK, JR., LINWILLE GOINS, 

RICHARD BLIVENS, BILL KEATON, GLORIA MEADOWS, Officers and 

Staff of the First National Bank of Hinton; DAWN WOLFE, 

Staff Writer, Raleigh Register Herald; TOM BRIERS, Sheriff 

of Summers County; HELEN (MOCK) HEDRICK, in her individual 

capacity as President of the County Commission; JAMES 

LESLIE, in his individual capacity as Mayor of Hinton; CITY 

OF HINTON, an incorporated municipality located in the 

County of Summers; E.E. BRYAN, in his individual capacity as 

ABC Commissioner; HARRY CAMPER, BILL ADKINS & HOLIDAY, in 

their individual capacities as Non-alcoholic Beer & Present 

ABC Commissioner & Agents, respectively; BRENDA S. PLUMBLEY, 

in her individual capacity as Secretary, Summers County 

Health Department;, GARNETTE CROWDER, in her individual 

capacity as Principal of Hinton High School; JAMES TASSOS, 

in his official capacity as Superintendent of Schools, 

Summers County; J.D. WILLIS, in his individual capacity as 

Deputy Sheriff, Summers County; JERRY SMITH & B.B. ANGLE, in 

their individual capacity as City police officers; JOHN 

PLUMBLEY, in his official capacity as City Police Chief; 

LESLIE COLMAN & LINVILLE GOINS, in their individual 

capacities as City Councilmen; RICHARD LORENSEN, in his 

individual capacity as Special Prosecutor; LAWRENCE 

LONGANACRE & EDWARD S. HICKS, in their individual capacities 

as specially assigned Magistrates; LINVILLE GOINS, in his 

individual capacity as Grand Jury Commissioner; FRANK 

JOLLIFFE, CHARLES LOBBAN, FRED L. FOX, II, & PAUL ZAKAIB, 

JR., in their individual capacities as Circuit Court Judges 

of the Eleventh, Sixteenth & Twelfth Judicial Circuits, 

respectively; EDITH MEADOR & CATHY S. GASTON, in their 

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individual capacities as Clerks of the Circuit Court of 

Summers & Kanawha Counties, respectively; JOYCE RIDDER, in 

her individual capacity as Clerk of the County Commission; 

THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, in its 

official capacity; VANA TRAIL, in her individual capacity as 

appointment scheduler; DAVID ALLEN, Veterans Services 

Officer, in his individual capacity; STEVE TRAIL, in his 

individual capacity as County Historian and Department of 

Public Health Officer; BOEING AEROSPACE CORPORATION, a 

corporation doing business in the State of Florida; M.R. 

MILLER & TROOPER O.L. AYERS, & J.R. BUCKALEW, in their 

individual capacities as State Troopers and Superintendent 

of the Department of Public Safety; ANCIL G. RAMEY & THOMAS 

J. MCQUAIN, in their individual capacities of the Clerks of 

the State Supreme Court of Appeals; JOHN R. ROGERS, in his 

individual capacity as Director of the West Virginia Public 

Defender Services; BETTY L. LAMBERT, in her individual 

capacity as Executive Secretary of the State Judicial 

Investigation Commission; JACK M. MARDEN, Bar Counsel & 

CYNTHIA SANTORO GUSTKE, Assist. Disp. Counsel, in their 

individual capacities as officers of the West Virginia State 

Bar Association; THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, in 

its official capacity as the Disciplinary and Licensing 

Authority, under the State Supreme Court; WILLIAM W. GRACEY, 

DAVID G. HANLON, ROBERT M. STEPTOE, in their individual 

capacities as Judges of the West Virginia Claims Court; 

RICARD GUNNOE, JOHN C. COMETTI, G. EARNEST SKAGGS, in their 

individual capacities as court-appointed attorneys; LONNIE 

RAY MULLINS, in his individual capacity as County 

Commissioner; BOB RICHMOND, FRED D. MOCK, JR., VicePresidents First National Bank of Hinton; RICK BLEVINS, 

Staff-Loan Collections Officer; M.L. ARRINGTON, C. SCOTT 

BRIERS, DAVID PARMER, IRA WEBB, J.D. WOODRUM, WILLIAM G. 

MEADOR, JAMES V. COSTE, Board of Directors of the First 

National Bank of Hinton; J.C. GWINN, J.L. HELLUMS, S.D. 

MCLEAN, Board of Directors of the National Bank of Summers; 

THE NATIONAL BANK OF SUMMERS, a financial institution in the 

City of Hinton; CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., a corporation 

a/k/a CSX RAIL TRANSPORT, CSX TRANSPORTATION GROUP; A Hotel 

Club Owner (White Sulphur); HINTON INSURANCE, MASSEY 

INSURANCE & YATES INSURANCE, provided liability and fire 

coverage to local businesses; VFW POST 4500, a veterans 

organizational post located in the city of Hinton; NICK 

RAHALL & HARLEY O. STAGGERS & ROBERT BYRD, in their official 

capacities as W.Va. Representatives & Senator to the U.S. 

Congress; GEORGE CASTELLE, in his individual capacity as 

Director of the 12th Judicial Circuit Public Defender's 

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Office; ARCH MOORE, in his individual capacity as former 

governor of West Virginia; DAN R. TONKOVICH, LARRY A. 

TUCKER, C.N. HARMAN, LLOYD G. JACKSON, II, and MARIO J. 

PALUMBO, in their individual capacities as members of the 

State Legislatures; UNITED MINE WORKERS, an association of 

coal mines; BOLTS WILLIS, in his individual capacity as 

Assist. Admin. Division of Energy; BOB BRUNNER, in his 

individual capacity as an administrator over the Division of 

Energy, among others acting on concern therewith, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

No. 91-3406

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

 v. 

RONALD REAGAN, in his individual capacity as Former 

President of the United States of America; GEORGE BUSH, in 

his individual capacity as President of the United States of 

America, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

No. 91-3047

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

 v. 

HAROLD C. BYRD, Colonel, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as Commander 39th Tactical Group, 1986 (USAFE); 

GENERAL NELSON, in his individual capacity as Air Force 

Judge Advocate General (JAG); COLONEL NOLAN SKLUTE, in his 

individual capacity as Director of Civil Law/JAG; MR. 

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EVERETTE G. HOPSON, in his individual capacity of Chief, 

General Law Division (JAG); GENERAL JOHN C. SCHIEDT, FRXXXXX-XXXX, in his individual capacity as Tuslog Commander, 

Turkey; COLONEL ANTHONY F. FARINA, FRXXXXX-XXXX & LT. COL. 

SAMUEL ROSER, XXX-XX-XXXX, in their individual capacities as 

Staff Judge Advocates, Tuslog, Ankara, Turkey; COLONEL 

WILLIAM M. DOUGLASS, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as 39th Tactical Group Commander (TACG), Incirlik 

A.B. Turkey; MAJOR EUGENE P. HINDLE, FRXXXXX-XXXX, in his 

individual capacity as Chief of Security Police 39th TACG; 

LT. COL. C.L. PRATT, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, CAPTAIN PRESTON W. CAGE, 

FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual capacity as Chief, Security 

Police Operations; STAFF SERGEANT M.H. FROST, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, 

in his individual capacity as Security Police Investigator; 

MASTER WILLIAM E. MCGEORGE, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as Superintendent of Law Enforcement, 39th TACG; 

COLONEL ROGER C. TAYLOR, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as Inspector General (IG), 39th TACG; MASTER 

SERGEANT L.A. DRAKE, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in her individual 

capacity as (IG) Inspector/Investigator; LT. COL. JAMES 

SAUNDERS, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual capacity as 

Deputy Commander for Maintenance, 39th Consolidated Aircraft 

Maintenance Squadron (CAMS), Incirlik A.B. Turkey; MAJOR 

JAMES A. BUNYARD, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in their individual 

capacities as Equipment Maintenance Division and Chief & 

Asst. Deputy Commander for Maintenance, 39 CAMS; MAJOR 

ROBERTA M. CHAPPELL, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in her individual 

capacity as Asst. Deputy Commander for Maintenance, 39th 

CAMS; CAPTAIN ROBERT W. RIDLON, JR., FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his 

individual capacity as Section Commander, 39th CAMS; LEE 

YOUNG, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his capacity as First Sergeant, 39 

CAMS; MASTER SERGEANT AUGUSTUS S. ROBINSON, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, 

in his individual capacity as Senior Enlisted Advisor, 39th 

CAMS/39 TACG; LT. COL. PERRY L. ANDERSON, in his individual 

capacity as Military Trial Judge; KATHRINE T. MILLER, in her 

individual capacity as Court Reporter, 6th Military Judicial 

Circuit Rein Main Air Force Base, Germany; JOHNSTON, in his 

individual capacity as military defense lawyer; STAFF 

SERGEANT WILLIAM H. FISHER, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as Air Defense Counsel Administrator; CAPTAIN 

YASTISHOCK, in her individual capacity as court-appointed 

military defense lawyer; CAPTAIN RALPH BAUER, in his 

individual capacity as court-appointed military defense 

lawyer; CAPTAIN LINDSEY GRAMM, in his individual capacity as 

military trial counsel; LT. JOHN G. GREEN, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in 

his individual capacity as asst. military trial counsel; 

CAPTAIN BRENT EVANS, in his individual capacity as Legal 

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Staff Officer, 6th Military Judicial Circuit, Incirlik A.B. 

Turkey; MAJOR MARK A. KINTNER, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his 

individual capacity as Chief, Readiness Division, 39th TACG; 

LT. COL. ROBERT L. HILL, Congressional Inquiry Division, 

Office of Legislative Liaison; CAPTAIN RAYMOND M. HESTER, 

FRXXX-XX-XXXX & SERGEANT KATRINA J. ARABACI, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, 

in their individual capacities as Separations Section Chief 

& NCO, 39th TACG; MAJOR ROBINSON KING, in his individual 

capacity, 39th TACG Logistics Division; MAJOR KENNETH W. 

SCHORER, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, MASTER SERGEANT FRED B. RAYWORTH, 

FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual capacity as Quality 

Assurance Section Chief; LT. COL. TERRY R. HICKS, FRXXX-XXXXXX, CPT. JAMES W. HOLDEN, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in their 

individual capacities as Mental Health Officer & Physical 

Examinations Chief, U.S. Air Force Hospital, Incirlik A.B. 

Turkey; DAVID J. GRANDBOIS, FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in his individual 

capacity as Asst. Aerospace Ground Equipment Branch, 39th 

CAMS; CAPTAIN THOMAS J. MCLAUCHLIN & STAFF SERGEANT SIMMONS, 

FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in their individual capacities as Base Social 

Actions Officers, 39th TACG; LT. COL. TANNER, in his 

individual capacity as Chief, Base Legal Office; COLONEL 

GEROGE WESTOVER, FRXXX-XX-XXXX & COLONEL JOSEPH D. FERRIS, 

FRXXX-XX-XXXX, in their individual capacities as Incirlik 

Air Base Commanders; JOHN F. LEGRIS, in his individual 

capacity as Chief, Personnel Claims (JAG); MELVIN DEV. J.D. 

HORTON, in his individual capacity as Chief Executive 

Officer, The Military Justice Clinic, Inc., 960 Martin 

Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314; DAVID 

PARMER & G. SYLVESTER TAYLOR, civilian attorney; HINTON & 

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia; THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR 

ASSOCIATION, in its official capacity as disciplinary entity 

over West Virginia Attorneys; MAJOR DONALD J. FISHER, in his 

individual capacity as CRD Maintenance Chief; SENIOR MSGT. 

WILLIAM WALL, XXX-XX-XXXX, 39 CAMS/Maintenance 

Superintendent; SENATOR ROBERT BYRD, individually, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

No. 91-3048

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

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 and 

SIDIKA CRAWFORD; ORHAN KEMAL CRAWFORD; CAN MEHMET CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

SUMMERS COUNTY HOSPITAL, in its official capacity, FBI Agent 

CASSITY, in his official capacity as Federal Investigator; 

MR. POKE, in his individual capacity as Private 

Investigator; WEST VIRGINIA POWER & GAS, a public service 

entity, among others in concern therewith, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

No. 91-3049

ROGER L. CRAWFORD, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

 and 

CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

RICHARD CHENEY, Secretary of Defense, in his individual 

capacity as Secretary of Defense; JOHN BETTI, in his 

individual capacity as Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

the reformation of arms precurement, 

 Defendants-Appellees. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of West Virginia, at Beckley. Charles H. Haden, II, 

Chief District Judge. (CA-91-106-5; CA-90-1080-5; CA-90-1113-5; 

CA-90-1114-5; CA-90-1156-5; CA-90-1166-5) 

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Submitted: June 3, 1991 Decided: June 24, 1991 

Before WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges. 

Affirmed as modified by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Roger L. Crawford, appellant pro se. Stephen Michael Horn, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, W.Va., for 

appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

See I.O.P. 36.5 and 36.6 

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PER CURIAM: 

 Roger L. Crawford appeals from the district court's order 

denying relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Our review of the record 

and the district court's opinions accepting the recommendation 

of the magistrate judge discloses that this appeal is without 

merit.∗ Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district 

court with one modification. The district court adopted the 

magistrate judge's recommendations that Crawford's actions be 

dismissed without prejudice, yet the final orders were silent on 

this point, indicating dismissal with prejudice. To clarify the 

matter, we modify the judgments to expressly reflect that 

Crawford's actions were dismissed without prejudice. Crawford v. 

West Virginia Governor's Office, CA-91-106-5 (S.D.W.Va. Mar. 1, 

 ∗ Error! Main Document Only.The magistrate judge told 

Crawford he could object to the reports and recommendations 

within 13 days. The district court, in each case except No. 91-

3044, adopted the magistrate judge's recommendations and 

dismissed the actions after a de novo review on the 13th day 

after the filing date of the reports and recommendations. 

 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(a) instructs that when 

the period of time prescribed by a federal statute or rule is 

less than 11 days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays are 

excluded in the time computation. Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 72(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) both provide that a party 

may object to a magistrate judge's report within ten days. 

Crawford served objections (in all but Nos. 91-3045 and 91-

3046) on the 14th day after the magistrate judge filed his 

report but within the ten-day limit as computed under Rule 6(a). 

The district court therefore dismissed Crawford's complaints 

prematurely. However, the determination that Crawford's claims 

are frivolous is a question of law and we find that the error by 

the district court in this regard was harmless because 

Crawford's claims are frivolous. 

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1991); Crawford v. Caperton, CA-90-1080-5 (S.D.W.Va. Feb. 21, 

1991); Crawford v. Reagan, CA-90-1113-5 (S.D.W.Va. Feb. 21, 

1991); Crawford v. Byrd, CA-90-1114-5 (S.D.W.Va. Feb. 21, 1991); 

Crawford v. Summers County Hospital, CA-90-1156-5 (S.D.W.Va. 

Feb. 21, 1991; Crawford v. Citizens of the United States, CA-90-

1166-5 (S.D.W.Va. Feb. 21, 1991). We dispense with oral argument 

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented 

in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process. 

AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

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