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                                           UNPUBLISHED

                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                             No. 23-7039

        JONATHAN PENDLETON,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        JASON S. MIYARES, Attorney General of Virginia; LOUISE DIMATTEO;
        COMMISSIONERS OF VIRGINIA DEPARMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
        AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES; ARLINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY
        SERVICES BOARD; ARLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
        SERVICES;       DIRECTOR         OF    CENTRAL        STATE     HOSPITAL;
        SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH
        INSTITUTE; COURTNEY NOBLES, NGRl Coordinator for DHS; GRACE
        GUERRERO, psychologist employed by DHS; KELLY NIEMAN, NGRI
        Coordinator for DHS from 2017 to 2019; ANGELICA TORRES-MANTILLA,
        NGRI Coordinator for DHS from 2020 onward; MARK DOERING, case
        management supervisor for DHS; THOMAS WALLACE, compliance officer for
        DHS; JAN LONGMAN, compliance officer for DHS; RICHARD WRIGHT,
        forensic psychiatrist on the Virginia DBHDS Forensic Review Panel; ANITA
        FREIDMAN, Director of Arlington DHS; NELSON SMITH, Commissioner of
        Virginia Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services (DBHDS);
        JENNIFER ANGLIN; MICHAEL WESTFALL, Virginia State Inspector General;
        OSIG JANE DOE #1; KLI KENZIE, Executive Secretary for the Virginia Office of
        Human Rights under DBHDS; ANN PASCOE; SARAH DAVIS, Forensics
        Operations Manager in the DBHDS Office of Forensic Services; CHRISTINE
        SCHEIN, Deputy Director for Forensic Services under DBHDS; OSIG JANE DOE
        #2; PAUL FERGUSON, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Arlington County,

                           Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:23-cv-00446-LMB-IDD)
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        Submitted: December 20, 2023                                 Decided: February 21, 2024

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

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Jonathan Pendleton, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Jonathan Pendleton appeals the district court’s order dismissing Pendleton’s civil

        claims against Defendants after a review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. We have reviewed

        the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

        Pendleton v. Miyares, No. 1:23-cv-00446-LMB-IDD (E.D. Va. filed Oct. 3, 2023 &

        entered Oct. 4, 2023). We deny Pendleton’s motion for a certificate of appealability,

        without prejudice, * and deny his motions for summary reversal, reassignment, and release.

        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 clerk’s office construed Pendleton’s motion for a certificate of appealability
        as a notice of appeal of the district court’s order dismissing Pendleton’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254
        petition in Pendleton v. DiMatteo, No. 3:23-cv-00734-RCY-MRC (E.D. Va., PACER Nos.
        4-5), and forwarded the motion to the appropriate district court for docketing as a misrouted
        notice of appeal.

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