Peery v. Johnson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: July 9, 2001
• Docket: 00-7700
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-7700

DONALD WAYNE PEERY,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S. BATTS; D. WILSON; D. MCBRIDE; JOHN HARRIS; ERIC HOBBS; NASH; KEVIN A. EGGLESTON; STEVEN C. WHISENANT; WALTER EPPS; WESLEY HAMMOND; CLARENCE W. TERRY; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES,

Plaintiffs,

versus

GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; RON ANGELONE, Di- rector, Virginia Department of Corrections; W. P. ROGERS, Regional Director, Virginia De- partment of Corrections; C. D. LARSON, Warden, Lunenburg Correctional Center; CAROL F. WALLACE, Associate Warden of Operations, Lunenburg Correctional Center; JERRY R. TOWN- SEND; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Defendants - Appellees.

KAREEM HARRIS,

Movant. No. 00-7701

IRA WAYNE MADISON,

Plaintiff,

RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Depart- ment of Corrections; GENE JOHNSON, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; DAVID A. GARRAGHTY, Warden, G.R.C.C.; G.R.C.C. STAFF AND SECURITY,

Movant.

No. 00-7702

2 RICHARD GUTRIDGE; DERRICK D. STEELE; CASHA S. AL; UHURU NASHEED,

GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director; RONALD ANGELONE, Director; K.V. BONNER, Unit Manager,

No. 00-7703

LIAN J. ROSS; I-TAL RASTAFARIAN COMMUNITY,

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; RON ANGELONE,

Defendants - Appellees,

3 RON DE’ANGELO, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections,

Defendant.

No. 00-7704

T. UNDERSTANDING ALLAH,

R. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge. (CA-99-1818-AM, CA-99-1859-AM, CA-00-18-AM, CA-00-170-AM, CA-00-211-AM)

4 Submitted: June 22, 2001 Decided: July 9, 2001

Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Wayne Peery, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assis- tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

5 PER CURIAM:

Donald Wayne Peery appeals from the district court’s order

granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendants in his civil

action challenging Division Operating Procedure 864, a prison

grooming policy requiring that male inmates’ hair not be more than

one inch in thickness/depth and prohibiting beards. We have re-

viewed the record and the district court’s opinion, along with

Peery’s allegations of error, and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny Peery’s motion to be excused from paying the

filing fee and affirm on the reasoning of the district court.

Peery v. Johnson, No. CA-99-1818-AM & No. CA-00-18-AM; Peery v.

Angelone, No. CA-99-1859-AM & No. CA-00-211; Peery v. Dep’t of

Corr., No. CA-00-170-AM (E.D. Va. filed Oct. 25, 2000, entered

Oct. 30, 2000). 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