Michael R. Ray, on behalf of himself personally v. Evercom Systems, Incorporated

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-7753
MICHAEL R. RAY, on behalf of himself personally and as
initial class representative pending the appointment of
counsel to represent the class,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
EVERCOM SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED; LEXINGTON COUNTY, on behalf
of Lexington County Detention Center; PAY TEL
COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED; JOHN VINCENT TOWNSEND,
Personally and as President of Pay Tel Communications, Inc.;
SPRINT PAYPHONE SERVICES, INCORPORATED, now known as Embarq
Payphone Services, Incorporated; SOUTH CAROLINA BUDGET AND
CONTROL BOARD, State of; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS; FLORENCE COUNTY, on behalf of Florence County
Detention Center,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
DARLINGTON COUNTY, on behalf of Darlington County Detention
Center; DILLON COUNTY, on behalf of Dillon County Detention
Center; SPARTANBURG COUNTY, on behalf of Spartanburg County
Detention Center; WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, on behalf of
Williamsburg County Detention Center; DENNIS L. WHIPPLE,
Personally and as President and CEO of Evercom Systems,
Inc.,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(4:05-cv-02904-RBH)

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Submitted: May 20, 2010 Decided: May 24, 2010
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael R. Ray, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel C. Plyler, DAVIDSON &
LINDEMANN, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; John J. Pringle, Jr.,
ELLIS, LAWHORNE & SIMS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, Brant
Mitchell Laue, ARMSTRONG TEASDALE, LLP, Kansas City, Missouri;
Charles Franklin Turner, Jr., Samuel C. Weldon, TURNER, PADGET,
GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, Stephanie A.
Joyce, ARENT FOX, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Michael R. Ray appeals the district court’s order
accepting in part the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
granting summary judgment to the Defendants and dismissing the
federal claims with prejudice and dismissing the state law
claims without prejudice. We have reviewed the record and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons
stated by the district court. Ray v. Evercom Sys., Inc., No.
4:05-cv—2904-RBH (D.S.C. Sept. 16, 2009). We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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