UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 03-7359

ASHANN-RA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Intervenor/Plaintiff,

versus

GENE M. JOHNSON; LINDA SHEAR; TIM W. EVANS,

Counselor; CORPORAL VIERS, Claim #13;

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Claims #13 and #22;

RON ANGELONE, Claim #22; DAN ARMSTRONG; DUNCAN

MILLS, Claim #22; CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, Claim

#22; DANIEL BRAXTON, Claim #35; LARRY HUFFMAN,

Claim #35; GARY L. BASS; W. W. ROGERS,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

TONY F. MCANALLY; D. P. SMITH, Classification;

RICHARD A. YOUNG; LARRY W. HUFFMAN; MELANIE

PARR; REGIONAL OMBUDSMAN; PAGE TRUE; STAN

YOUNG; ADAM HARVEY; TERRY MONK, Counselor; M.

HENSLEY; STACY RIDER; FARMER, Mailroom Clerk;

RICHARDSON, Mailroom Clerk; CORPORAL RUSSELL;

SERGEANT HEAD; JERRY W. ARMENTROUT; D. VASS;

RICHARD FLEMING, Major; LESLIE FLEMING,

Captain; BILL FERGUSON; J. KISER, Captain;

KELLY JEAN CHRIS, Lieutenant; MICHAEL YOUNCE,

Lieutenant; STACY MULLINS, Lieutenant; L. W.

COX, Lieutenant; JIM ROBINSON, Lieutenant;

CHARLES RAMBO; JOHN HONAKER, Lieutenant; RICKY

ROSE, Lieutenant; RONALD MACK FOWLER,
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Lieutenant; J. B. QUINN, Sergeant; GREGORY

DEEL, Sergeant; SERGEANT CHILDRESS; DELMER

TATE; JOHNNY KENDRICK; JEFFREY D. PHILLIPS;

NANCY ROSE; G. COUNTS, Corporal; J. ELY; T.

HALE; J. ARTRIP, Officer; T. YOUNCE; B.

MAGGARD; W. SCANLON; S. DEEL; D. DEEL; A.

KILBOURNE; CORPORAL RING; D. GREGORY BAKER;

CORPORAL FLUTZ; CORPORAL BAKER; CORPORAL

CREEAR; CORPORAL FOSTER; CORPORAL DEEL;

CORPORAL BROWN; R. A. EDWARDS, JR., M.D.,

Corporal; JOHN DOE; OFFICER IN CHARGE; J.

LARGE; CORPORAL HOPKINS; JOHN DOE, Two unknown

A-3 control room correctional officers; TIM W.

EVANS, Counselor; L. MILLS, Counselor; R.

DUFFY, Counselor; L. MULLINS, Counselor; J.

BOLLING; N. C. LEWIS; COUNSELOR SYKES;

COUNSELOR JESSEE; COUNSELOR GIBSON; SANDY

MULLINS; TERESA PEASE, Mailroom Clerk; LEIGH

MCCOY; PAMELA SAUL; D. MCKNIGHT; L. MILLINS,

Hearing Officer; ROSE, Laundry Manager; J.

FRALEY, Former Virginia Department of

Corrections Officer,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District

Judge. (CA-02-927-7)

Submitted: December 31, 2003 Decided: March 2, 2004

Before WIDENER, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ashann-Ra, Appellant Pro Se. Joshua Z. Rabinovitz, Catherine

Yvonne Hancock, Michael Scott Raab, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE, for Intervenor. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant Attorney

General, for Appellees.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM: 

Ashann-Ra appeals the district court’s order denying his

free exercise claim filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). We have

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we

affirm substantially on the reasoning of the district court. See

Ashann-Ra v. Johnson, No. CA-02-927-7 (W.D. Va. Aug. 22, 2003). 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