Clark v. Oakes

46 F. App'x 205

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: October 3, 2002
• Docket: 02-6182
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Jerome Clark appeals a jury verdict in his 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp.2002) action against Roanoke City police officer John D. Oakes and other unnamed police officers. * This court may reverse a jury verdict only when there is a complete absence of probative facts to support the conclusions reached by the jury. Sherrill White Constr., Inc. v. S.C. Nat’l Bank, 713 F.2d 1047, 1050 (4th Cir.1983). We find probative facts to support the conclusions reached by the jury. Accordingly, we affirm the jury’s verdict. We deny Clark’s motion “to serve Officers Oakes and Hurley with perjury charges” and his motion to authorize preparation of transcript at government expense. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.

* On appeal, Clark does not contest the district court’s dismissal of the other defendants from this action. With respect to the unnamed officers, despite warning by the district court that failure to amend the complaint with the identities of these officers would result in dismissal against the unnamed officers, Clark failed to do so.