Wendell Leonard Cruse v. ERNIE BLACKBURN, Sgt., Huntington W. Va. Police Dept. 125

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-1652
WENDELL LEONARD CRUSE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
ERNIE BLACKBURN, Sgt., Huntington W. Va. Police Dept. #125; PAUL
MATOVICH, Cpl., Huntington W. Va. Police Dept. #418,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
SEAN HAMMERS, Cabell County W. Va. Prosecutor; SHARON FRAZIER, Cabell
County W. Va. Assistant Prosecutor,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at
Huntington. Robert C. Chambers, District Judge. (3:17-cv-00485)
Submitted: April 27, 2021 Decided: May 11, 2021
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RICHARDSON, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Wendell Leonard Cruse, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Kenneth Nord, OFFUTT NORD,
PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Wendell Leonard Cruse appeals the district court’s order accepting the
recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting summary judgment to the Appellees
in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Cruse v. Blackburn,
No. 3:17-cv-00485 (S.D.W. Va. June 3, 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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