Raymond A. Johnson v. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.c.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1048
RAYMOND A. JOHNSON,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.; C. MATTHEW
KEEN, Individually and as Agent of Defendants; SHERA K.
STEWART, Individually and as Agent of Defendants; BRIAN M.
FREEDMAN, Individually and as Agent of Defendants,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Max O. Cogburn, Jr.,
District Judge. (3:11-cv-00391-MOC-DCK)
Submitted: April 19, 2012 Decided: April 25, 2012
Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Raymond A. Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Sarah Helen Roane,
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Raymond A. Johnson appeals the district court’s order
adopting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and
granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Finding no reversible
error, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district
court. Johnson v. Ogletree, No. 3:11-cv-00391-MOC-DCK (W.D.N.C.
Nov. 28, 2011). Johnson claims on appeal that the district
court was biased against him. Our review of the record has
revealed no evidence of extra-judicial bias, and therefore this
argument is without merit. See Liteky v. United States, 510
U.S. 540, 555 (1994) (holding that unfavorable judicial rulings
alone do not constitute bias). 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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