Joseph R. Thames v. Sandhills Pick Npull

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-2513
JOSEPH R. THAMES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SANDHILLS PICK N PULL; SEVIKINANDNA MCKETHEAN, a/k/a Stephen /
Steven / S McKethean; ADONTE MACON; TARYN NEWBORNE;
TRASHOUT.BIZ JUNK REMOVAL AND HAULING; SEVIKINANDNA
MCKETHEAN, JR., a/k/a Sevzikinandan McKethean; JOHN DOES 2-50,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:25-cv-00142-D-KS)
Submitted: June 25, 2026 Decided: June 29, 2026
Before BENJAMIN and BERNER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Joseph R. Thames, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel Joseph Burke, HEDRICK GARDNER
KINCHELOE & GAROFALO, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Joseph R. Thames appeals the district court’s order granting the defendants’ motion
to dismiss and dismissing without prejudice Thames’s pro se civil complaint for lack of
subject matter jurisdiction.* We have reviewed the record and discern no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Thames v. Sandhills Pick N Pull, No.
5:25-cv-00142-D-KS (E.D.N.C. Oct. 2, 2025). 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
* Although Thames’s informal brief also mentions the district court’s order denying
his motion for reconsideration, Thames neither filed a separate notice of appeal from that
order nor amended his notice of appeal to include that order. See Fed. R. App. P.
4(a)(4)(B)(ii).

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