Deonta Jerome Hicks v. JEFF KISER; C/O ROBINETTE; SHANNON FULLER, Assistant Warden; LT. GILBERT

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-7246
DEONTA JEROME HICKS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
JEFF KISER; C/O ROBINETTE; SHANNON FULLER, Assistant Warden; LT.
GILBERT,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Roanoke. Robert Stewart Ballou, Magistrate Judge. (7:21-cv-00465-RSB)
Submitted: April 20, 2023 Decided: April 25, 2023
Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Deonta Jerome Hicks, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Deonta Jerome Hicks, a Virginia inmate, appeals the magistrate judge’s order∗
dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have reviewed the record de novo and
identified no error in the magistrate judge granting Defendants’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)
motion to dismiss. See Mays v. Sprinkle, 992 F.3d 295, 299 (4th Cir. 2021) (stating
standard of review for Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal). Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate
judge’s order. Hicks v. Kiser, No. 7:21-cv-00465-RSB (W.D. Va. Sept. 29, 2022). 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
∗ Despite Hicks’ suggestion to the contrary, our review of the record confirms that
the parties consented to jurisdiction before a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73.

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