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Date Created: 2023-02-03 21:01:02.300708+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                              UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                  FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 21-6939

        THOMAS MOYLER, JR.,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        CORRECTIONAL OFFICER D. WILLIAMS,

                            Defendant - Appellee,

                     and

        KISER, Warden; SERGEANT J. R. MASSINGILL; D. BALL; J. B. MESSER,
        Grievance Coordinator; INVESTIGATOR FANNIN; UNIT MANAGER
        DUNCAN, A-Building; HAROLD CLARKE; SCARBERRY, Food Staff
        Supervisor; DAVID A. ROBINSON; LINDA SHEAR; MELISSA WELCH,

                            Defendants.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
        Roanoke. Robert Stewart Ballou, Magistrate Judge. (7:19-cv-00262-RSB)

        Submitted: November 18, 2022                                Decided: February 2, 2023

        Before WYNN and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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        Thomas Moyler, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Thomas Moyler, Jr., appeals the magistrate judge’s judgment in favor of Nathaniel

        Williams after a bench trial on Moyler’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force claim. *

        “Following a bench trial, we review the district court’s factual findings for clear error and

        its legal conclusions de novo.” Wards Corner Beauty Acad. v. Nat’l Accrediting Comm’n

        of Career Arts & Scis., 922 F.3d 568, 573 (4th Cir. 2019). We have reviewed the magistrate

        judge’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

        we affirm the judgment for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge at the close of the

        bench trial conducted on June 8, 2021. Moyler v. Williams, No. 7:19-cv-00262-RSB (W.D.

        Va. June 14, 2021).        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

               *
                   The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge.

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