UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-1333

CALVIN TYRONE NORTON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

COLUMBUS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS; HAROLD FIPPS, individually 

and in his official capacity as Chairman of Columbus County Board of Elections; 

BONITA BLAKNEY, individually and in her official capacity as Vice Chairman of 

the Board of Elections; JOANN GARRELL, individually and in her official capacity 

as Board Member of Columbus County Board of Elections; CARLA 

STRICKLAND, individually and in her official capacity as Director of Columbus 

County Board of Elections; COLUMBUS COUNTY BOARD OF 

COMMISSIONERS; JEROME MCMILLIAN, individually and in his official 

capacity as Columbus County Commissioner; JAMES E. PREVATTE, individually 

and in his official capacity as Columbus County Board of Commissioner; GILES E. 

BYRD, individually and in his official capacity as Columbus County Board of 

Commissioner; EDWIN P. RUSS, individually and in his official capacity as 

Columbus County Board of Commissioner; RICKY BULLARD, individually and in 

his official capacity as Columbus County Board of Commissioner; CHARLES 

MCDOWELL, individually and in his official capacity as Columbus County Board 

of Commissioner; LEWIS L. HATCHER, Sheriff of Columbus County, individually 

and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Columbus County; JODY STEADMAN 

GREENE, Uncertified Sheriff of Columbus County, individually and in his official 

capacity as not residency or domicile of Columbus County to run for the office of 

Sheriff; WESTERN SURETY CO., d/b/a CNA Surety Insurance, Surety for 

Columbus County Sheriff; JESS HILL, individually and in his official capacity as 

Clerk of Columbus County; BRENDEN JONES, individually and in his official 

capacity as NC State House of Representatives 46th District; RED DOME GROUP, 

INC., a business nonprofit corporation; SCOTT ANDREW YATES, individually 

and in his official capacity as registered agent, president, and board of director of 

Red Dome Group, Inc.; LESLIE MCCRAE DOWLESS, JR., individually and in his 

official capacity as Contractor employee of Red Dome Group, Inc.; AMANDA 

PRINCE, individually and in her official capacity as counsel employee for Columbus 
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County Government; AARON HERRING, individually and in his official capacity 

uncertified Chief Deputy of Columbus County; DANNY EARL BRITT, JR., 

individually and in his official capacity as NC State Senator and License Attorney; 

BOYD T. WORLEY, individually and in his official capacity as license attorney; 

NORWOOD PITT BLANCHARD, III, individually and in his officially capacity as 

license attorney; TUCKER MACK WARD, individually and in his official capacity 

as Board Member of Columbus County Board of Elections; TRENT BURROUGHS, 

individually and in his official capacity as Chairman of Columbus County Board of 

Commissioners,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF ELECTIONS; BOB CORDLE; STELLA 

ANDERSON; DAVID BLACK; JEFF CARMON; KEN RAYMOND, 

Parties-in-Interest.

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

Wilmington. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (7:19-cv-00088-D)

Submitted: December 30, 2020 Decided: January 29, 2021

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and KING and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Calvin Tyrone Norton, Appellant Pro Se. Kathryn Hicks Shields, Assistant Attorney

General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina; 

Norwood Pitt Blanchard, III, CROSSLEY MCINTOSH COLLIER HANLEY & EDES 

PLLC, Wilmington, North Carolina; Michael Bernard Cohen, Dan M. Hartzog, Jr., 

HARTZOG LAW GROUP, Cary, North Carolina; William Eric Freeman, MANNING, 

FULTON & SKINNER, PA, Durham, North Carolina; Jonathan Whitfield Gibson, 

MANNING, FULTON & SKINNER, PA, Raleigh, North Carolina; Mark A. Jones, BELL, 

DAVIS & PITT, PA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; David Stebbins Coats, BAILEY & 
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DIXON, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

Calvin Tyrone Norton appeals the district court’s order dismissing his complaint in 

which he sought to challenge the 2018 election of the Columbus County Sheriff. We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Norton’s motion 

to supplement the record and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Norton v. 

Columbus Cnty. Bd. of Elections, No. 7:19-cv-00088-D (E.D.N.C. Mar. 13, 2020). 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