SLOAN v. CHILDRESS III III (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Samuel H. SLOAN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Maria CHILDRESS; Shayam Raman; Susan Swecker; Chris Bolling; Mark Herring; Ralph Northam; Lawrence Janow; J. Michael Gamble; William G. Petty; Frank G. Davidson, III; Norman K. Moon; Charles Edward Roberts; Darrell Roberts; Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III; United States Department of Justice, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 20-1566

Decided: October 26, 2020

Before WYNN, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Samuel H. Sloan, Appellant Pro Se. Toby Jay Heytens, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Elizabeth Wu, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Jeffrey A. Breit, BREIT CANTOR GRANA BUCKNER, PLLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia; William Fisher Etherington, Thomas Neal Jamerson, BEALE, DAVIDSON, ETHERINGTON & MORRIS, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Elaine Duross McCafferty, WOODS ROGERS, PLC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees.

Samuel H. Sloan appeals the district court's orders dismissing his civil complaint and denying reconsideration.^* We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Sloan v. Childress, No. 3:18-cv-00260-MHL, 2019 WL 4247978, 2020 WL 2501442 (E.D. Va. Sept. 6, 2019 & May 14, 2020). 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

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE. Although Sloan did not file a new or an amended notice of appeal following the district court's order denying reconsideration, his informal brief serves as the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal from the reconsideration order. See Smith v. Barry, 502 U.S. 244, 248-49, 112 S.Ct. 678, 116 L.Ed.2d 678 (1992).

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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