Case Name: Jeremiah ROYSTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ernest SUTTON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-11-10
Citations: 80 F. App'x 822
Docket Number: No. 03-6695
Parties: Jeremiah ROYSTER, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Ernest SUTTON, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 80
Pages: 822–823

Head Matter:
Jeremiah ROYSTER, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Ernest SUTTON, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 03-6695.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2003.
Decided Nov. 10, 2003.
Jeremiah Royster, pro se.
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).
Jeremiah Royster appeals the district court's order denying relief on Royster's action, which Royster captioned as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition but which, based on the nature of Royster's claims, the district court properly construed as a civil rights action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error, although we note that in light of Royster's status as a state prisoner, his civil rights claims arise under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000), rather than Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). See Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 499, 93 S.Ct. 1827, 36 L.Ed.2d 439 (1973). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. See Royster v. Sutton, No. CA-03-260-5-BO (E.D.N.C. April 17, 2003). We deny Royster's motion for a certificate of appealability as unnecessary to our consideration of this appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2000). 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