Kenneth Moats, Sr. v. WV Dept of Transportation, No. 14-1946 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1946 KENNETH MOATS, SR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, f/k/a West Virginia Department of Highways, a Corporation; COMMISSIONER PAUL MATTOX, JR.; RAYMOND DUKE TACKETT; JEAN FRIEND; NEAL JAY HAMILTON; JUDGE PHILLIP GAUJOT; CHIEF JUDGE RUSSELL CLAWGES, JR.; CHAD LAWTHUER; JAMES E. STRICKLING, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, District Judge. (1:14-cv-00135-IMK-JSK) Submitted: November 18, 2014 Decided: November 20, 2014 Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kenneth Moats, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. John Michael Hedges, Teresa Jean Lyons, HEDGES LYONS & SHEPHERD, Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kenneth Moats, Sr., appeals the district court’s order granting his request that the case be voluntarily dismissed. have reviewed the record and find no reversible We error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Moats v. West Va. Dep’t of Transp., No. 1:14-cv- 00135-IMK-JSK (N.D.W. Va. Sept. 4, 2014). 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 2

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