Stephen Earl v. United States of America

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-1734
STEPHEN EARL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
UNITED STATES V.A.; SLOAN D. GIBSON, Acting Secretary of
V.A.; JAMES CRANDELL, VA Employee; DENNIS MCCLAINE, VA
Employee; LONNIE HATTON, VA Employee; JOE SOVATOS, VA
Employee; E. DOUGLAS BRADSHAW, JR., VA Employee; TISHA
BALKNELL, VA Employee,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge. (5:14-cv-00115-F)
Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 27, 2017
Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Cedric R. Perry, PERRY & ASSOCIATES, Rocky Mount, North
Carolina, for Appellant. John Stuart Bruce, United States
Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III, Kimberly A. Moore, Assistant
United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Stephen Earl appeals the district court’s order granting
summary judgment to the Government on his action under the
Federal Tort Claims Act. We have reviewed the record and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons
stated by the district court. Earl v. United States, No. 5:14-
cv-00115-F (E.D.N.C. May 31, 2016). 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

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