Case Name: Cleton DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hughes Kennedy REVELEY, Jr., Public Defender, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-21
Citations: 439 F. App'x 235
Docket Number: No. 11-6294
Parties: Cleton DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hughes Kennedy REVELEY, Jr., Public Defender, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 439
Pages: 235–235

Head Matter:
Cleton DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hughes Kennedy REVELEY, Jr., Public Defender, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-6294.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 13, 2011.
Decided: July 21, 2011.
Cleton Davis, Appellant Pro Se.
Before KEENAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Cleton Davis appeals the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint alleging that his court-appointed attorney failed to represent him adequately at trial. Because a court-appointed defender "does not act under color of state law when performing a lawyer's traditional functions as counsel to a defendant in a criminal proceeding," Davis' former attorney cannot be sued under Section 1983. See Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 317-19, 102 S.Ct. 445, 70 L.Ed.2d 509 (1981). Accordingly, we find no reversible error and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Davis v. Reveley, No. 1:10-cv-01383-LO-TRJ (E.D.Va. Feb. 7, 2011). 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.