Sonja Alethea Stephenson v. Dr. Armayne Dunston

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-7579
SONJA ALETHEA STEPHENSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DR. ARMAYNE DUNSTON,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
GEORGE SOLOMON; KENNETH ROYSTER,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:17-ct-03152-D)
Submitted: November 9, 2021 Decided: November 16, 2021
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sonja Alethea Stephenson, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Pharr McCullough, WALKER,
ALLEN, GRICE, AMMONS, FOY, KLICK & MCCULLOUGH, Raleigh, North Carolina,

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for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Sonja Alethea Stephenson appeals the district court’s order granting Defendant Dr.
Armayne Dunston’s motion for summary judgment and denying relief on Stephenson’s
complaint, which she filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We have reviewed the record
and conclude that, while possibly negligent, Dunston’s erroneous interpretation of
Stephenson’s test results, and the delay in conveying those results to Stephenson, do not
rise to the level of deliberate indifference cognizable under § 1983. Accordingly, we affirm
for the reasons stated by the district court. Stephenson v. Dunston, No. 5:17-ct-03152-D
(E.D.N.C. Sept. 9, 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

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