William Joshua Alston v. ELIZABETH LAWSON, Healthcare Service Admin.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-6837
WILLIAM JOSHUA ALSTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
ELIZABETH LAWSON, Healthcare Service Admin.; DR. STEVE GARMAN,
Medical Director; NURSE PRACTITIONER JENNIFER; NURSE NICKY;
NURSE DANIELLE; CHASIDY QUEEN, Nurse; NURSE BEVERLY; NURSE
JENNIFER,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Charleston. Sherri A. Lydon, District Judge. (2:24-cv-04780-SAL)
Submitted: May 28, 2026 Decided: June 1, 2026
Before WYNN, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Joshua Alston, Appellant Pro Se. Taylor Denslow Brewer, MORAN REEVES &
CONN, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Elizabeth Fulton Morrison, WHELAN MELLEN &
NORRIS, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
William Joshua Alston appeals the district court’s order adopting the magistrate
judge’s report and recommendation and dismissing Alston’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action
alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. Alston also moves to exceed the
length limitations for his informal brief. We have reviewed the record and discern no
reversible error. Accordingly, we grant the motion to exceed the length limitations for the
informal brief and affirm the district court’s order. Alston v. Lawson, No. 2:24-cv-04780-
SAL (D.S.C., Aug. 25, 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

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