GREER v. WEST VIRGINIA (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Bernard L. GREER, on behalf of himself and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WEST VIRGINIA, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 17-2046

Decided: February 01, 2018

Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Bernard L. Greer, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Deputy Solicitor, Zachary Aaron Viglianco, Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Bernard L. Greer appeals from the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his complaint in which he challenged the constitutionality of West Virginia's felon dispossession law, which, unlike the federal statute, prohibits the possession of an antique firearm by a convicted felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)(D) (2012); W. Va. Code Ann. § 61-7-7(a)(1) (LexisNexis Supp. 2017); W. Va. Code Ann. § 61-7-2(11) (LexisNexis 2014). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Greer v. State of West Virginia, No. 1:16-cv-00142-IMK-MJA, 2017 WL 3620033 (N.D.W. Va. Aug. 23, 2017). 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

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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