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Kevin HERRIOTT, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Aaron JOYNER, Individual and official capacity; Tisdale, Associate Warden for Security, Individual and official capacity; Ray, Major for Security, individual and official capacity; Commander, Captain, individual and official capacity; Greene, Lieutenant, individual and official capacity; Alfas, Officer, individual and official capacity; Minor, Officer, individual and official capacity; Coxum, Sergeant, individual and official capacity; Gregg; John Doe 1; John Doe 2, Defendants - Appellees, Michael Stephen, Warden for Broad River, individual and official capacity; John Doe, Associate Warden for Security, individual and official capacity; Parrish, Major, individual and official capacity; Carter, Captain, individual and official capacity; Will, Lieutenant, individual and official capacity; Dunn, Officer, individual and official capacity; Malnado, Officer, individual and official capacity; Mitchell, Mailroom Official, individual and official capacity; Mata, Officer, individual and official capacity; Levels, Sergeant, individual and official capacity; Vela, Lieutenant, individual and official capacity; McCabe, Acting Warden for Kershaw, individual and official capacity; Ford, Associate Warden, individual and official capacity; Canty, Associate Warden, individual and official capacity; Smith, Major, individual and official capacity; Davis, Captain, individual and official capacity; Danley, Lieutenant, individual and official capacity; Blackwell, Sergeant, individual and official capacity; Gaskins, Officer, individual and official capacity; Baskins, Officer, individual and official capacity; Campbell, Sergeant, individual and official capacity; Jones, Sergeant, individual and official capacity; Amerison, Mailroom Official, individual and official capacity; Brad, Food Service Director, individual and official capacity; Robins, Head Nurse, individual and official capacity, Defendants.
Kevin Herriott, a South Carolina inmate, appeals the district court's order accepting the magistrate judge's recommendation and denying his motion for a preliminary injunction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (2012) (providing that denial of preliminary injunction is immediately appealable interlocutory order). “[A]s a general rule, a prisoner's transfer or release from a particular prison moots his claims for injunctive and declaratory relief with respect to his incarceration there.” Rendelman v. Rouse, 569 F.3d 182, 186 (4th Cir. 2009). Because Herriott no longer resides at the correctional institution where the events underlying his motion occurred, we dismiss the appeal as moot. 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.
DISMISSED
PER CURIAM:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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Docket No: No. 19-6646
Decided: July 19, 2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
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