Thomas Moyler, Jr. v. Correctional Officer D. Williams

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6939
THOMAS MOYLER, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER D. WILLIAMS,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
KISER, Warden; SERGEANT J. R. MASSINGILL; D. BALL; J. B. MESSER,
Grievance Coordinator; INVESTIGATOR FANNIN; UNIT MANAGER
DUNCAN, A-Building; HAROLD CLARKE; SCARBERRY, Food Staff
Supervisor; DAVID A. ROBINSON; LINDA SHEAR; MELISSA WELCH,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Roanoke. Robert Stewart Ballou, Magistrate Judge. (7:19-cv-00262-RSB)
Submitted: November 18, 2022 Decided: February 2, 2023
Before WYNN and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Thomas Moyler, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Thomas Moyler, Jr., appeals the magistrate judge’s judgment in favor of Nathaniel
Williams after a bench trial on Moyler’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force claim.*
“Following a bench trial, we review the district court’s factual findings for clear error and
its legal conclusions de novo.” Wards Corner Beauty Acad. v. Nat’l Accrediting Comm’n
of Career Arts & Scis., 922 F.3d 568, 573 (4th Cir. 2019). We have reviewed the magistrate
judge’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm the judgment for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge at the close of the
bench trial conducted on June 8, 2021. Moyler v. Williams, No. 7:19-cv-00262-RSB (W.D.
Va. June 14, 2021). 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
* The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge.

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