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Date Created: 2023-07-26 21:01:20.451013+00
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                                              UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-6294

        JESSE N. FRISBEE,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        BUNCOMBE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
        OWENS,

                             Defendants - Appellees.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:23-cv-00011-MR)

        Submitted: July 20, 2023                                            Decided: July 25, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Jesse N. Frisbee, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Jesse N. Frisbee appeals the district court’s order dismissing for lack of standing the

        42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint Frisbee purported to bring on behalf of his deceased mother.

        The court dismissed the action because Frisbee failed to allege that he is the personal

        representative of his mother’s estate, as required to bring a wrongful death action under

        North Carolina law. See Williams v. Bradshaw, 459 F.3d 846, 848 (8th Cir. 2006)

        (explaining that “[f]ederal courts are to apply state law in deciding who may bring a § 1983

        action on a decedent’s behalf”). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

        Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Frisbee v. Buncombe Cnty. Det. Facility,

        No. 1:23-cv-00011-MR (W.D.N.C. Mar. 6, 2023). 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

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