Case Name: Tommy Ray COMBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASHE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, a group of defendants consisting of Ashe County Health Department; Mary Elizabeth Smith, M.D., former director; Carl Tuttle, present director; Daniel Staley; Wanda Elliott, Nurses' Supervisor; James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor; Charles D. Reed, State Pharmacist; H. David Bruton, M.D., Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services of North Carolina; Betty Chisley, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Marie Chretien, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Richard Burr, Congressman; Katy B. Manship, Aid; John Marsh, Ashe County Commissioners; Lee McMillan, Ashe County Commissioner; Larry Rhodes, Ashe County Commissioner; Dwight Shepherd, Ashe County Commissioner; Richard Calhoun, Ashe County Commissioner; Legal Services of the Blue Ridge; Laura Davis, Attorney, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-03-27
Citations: 6 F. App'x 173
Docket Number: No. 00-2586
Parties: Tommy Ray COMBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASHE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, a group of defendants consisting of Ashe County Health Department; Mary Elizabeth Smith, M.D., former director; Carl Tuttle, present director; Daniel Staley; Wanda Elliott, Nurses’ Supervisor; James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor; Charles D. Reed, State Pharmacist; H. David Bruton, M.D., Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services of North Carolina; Betty Chisley, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Marie Chretien, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Richard Burr, Congressman; Katy B. Manship, Aid; John Marsh, Ashe County Commissioners; Lee McMillan, Ashe County Commissioner; Larry Rhodes, Ashe County Commissioner; Dwight Shepherd, Ashe County Commissioner; Richard Calhoun, Ashe County Commissioner; Legal Services of the Blue Ridge; Laura Davis, Attorney, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 6
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
Tommy Ray COMBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASHE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, a group of defendants consisting of Ashe County Health Department; Mary Elizabeth Smith, M.D., former director; Carl Tuttle, present director; Daniel Staley; Wanda Elliott, Nurses’ Supervisor; James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor; Charles D. Reed, State Pharmacist; H. David Bruton, M.D., Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services of North Carolina; Betty Chisley, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Marie Chretien, Department of Civil Rights Office of DHHS, Washington, D.C.; Richard Burr, Congressman; Katy B. Manship, Aid; John Marsh, Ashe County Commissioners; Lee McMillan, Ashe County Commissioner; Larry Rhodes, Ashe County Commissioner; Dwight Shepherd, Ashe County Commissioner; Richard Calhoun, Ashe County Commissioner; Legal Services of the Blue Ridge; Laura Davis, Attorney, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 00-2586.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted March 22, 2001.
Decided March 27, 2001.
Tommy Ray Combs, pro se.
Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Tommy Ray Combs appeals the district court's order dismissing his civil action as frivolous, for failure to state a claim, and as barred by res judicata. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion accepting the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the complaint and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Combs v. Ashe County Health Dep't, No. CA-00-100-5-V (W.D.N .C. Nov. 13, 2000). We further deny Comb's motion for the appointment of counsel. 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.