Duane Joseph Johnson v. United States of America

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-7551

DUANE JOSEPH JOHNSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SUHASINI SHAH, M.D., sued in her
individual capacity; KATHERINE LAYBOURN, M.D., sued in her individual
capacity; BENJAMIN RICE, M.D., sued in his individual capacity; MARK
DICOCCO, M.D., sued in his individual capacity; BHAGYA KATTA, sued in his
or her individual capacity; SALAM AKBAR, M.D., sued in his or her individual
capacity; ALEJANDRO HADDED, sued in his or her individual capacity;
IGNATIUS HALL, sued in his or her individual capacity; A. CHATMAN, HSA,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:16-cv-01097-CMH-TCB)

Submitted: June 30, 2020 Decided: July 7, 2020

Before MOTZ and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Duane Joseph Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Carl Barghaan, Jr., Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia,

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for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Duane Joseph Johnson appeals the district court’s order dismissing his claims under
the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (2018), for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), and granting summary judgment to the
Defendants on his claims under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Johnson v. United
States, No. 1:16-cv-01097-CMH-TCB (E.D. Va. filed Sept. 24, 2019 & entered Sept. 25,
2019). 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