Cantrell v. Aiken County

Opinion

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Carlton E. Cantrell, Appellant,

v.

Aiken County; Aiken County Animal Control Director, Shirley Hardin; Aiken County Animal Control Officer, Bobby Arthurs; and Judge Charles T. Carter, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001702

Appeal From Aiken County Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-397 Submitted April 1, 2016 – Filed August 3, 2016

AFFIRMED

Carlton E. Cantrell, of Aiken, pro se.

William H. Davidson, II and Daniel Clifton Plyler, both of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 220(c), SCACR ("The appellate court may affirm any ruling, order, decision or judgment upon any ground(s) appearing in the Record on Appeal."); Atl. Coast Builders & Contractors, LLC v. Lewis, 398 S.C. 323, 328, 730 S.E.2d 282, 284 (2012) ("Under the two[-]issue rule, where a decision is based on more than one ground, the appellate court will affirm unless the appellant appeals all grounds because the unappealed ground will become law of the case." (quoting Jones v. Lott, 387 S.C. 339, 346, 692 S.E.2d 900, 903 (2010))); id. at 329, 730 S.E.2d at 285 ("[A]n unappealed ruling, right or wrong, is the law of the case."); id. (stating the two-issue rule must "be applied consistently and not selectively").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.