Richard Hatch v. Dominic Gutierrez, Sr., No. 09-6308 (4th Cir. 2010)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6308 RICHARD HATCH, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DOMINIC A. GUTIERREZ, SR.; WAYNE PHILLIPS, Warden; LEWIS BRESCOACH, Health Services Administrator; VERONICA FERNANDEZ, Case Management Coordinator; DANIEL J. HICKEY, DMD, Chief Dental Officer; RENEE CROGAN, Assistant Health Administrator, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert E. Maxwell, Senior District Judge. (2:07-cv-00104-REM-JSK) Submitted: July 31, 2009 Decided: November 2, 2010 Before GREGORY and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Richard Hatch, Appellant Pro Se. Betsy C. Jividen, Assistant United States Attorney, Daniel W. Dickinson, Jr., OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Richard Hatch appeals the district court s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Hatch v. Gutierrez, No. 2:07-cv-00104-REM-JSK (N.D. W. Va. Feb. 11, 2009). facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately the and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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