United States v. Claude Sloan

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: February 23, 2022
• Docket: 21-7503
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-7503

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CLAUDE SLOAN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (2:18-cr-00004-JPJ-1; 2:20-cv-81440- JPJ)

Submitted: February 17, 2022 Decided: February 23, 2022

Before AGEE and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Claude Sloan, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Claude Sloan appeals the district court’s order denying his postjudgment motion for

recusal and a change of venue. ∗ Having reviewed the record and finding no reversible

error, we affirm the decision of the district court. See United States v. Sloan, No. 2:18-cr-

00004-JPJ-1 (W.D. Va. Oct. 13, 2021). 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

∗ Sloan’s pleading is captioned as a petition for “Recusal,” “Venue,” “Bias and Prejudice,” and “Compassionate Release”; however, in the body of the pleading, Sloan requests only recusal and a change of venue. See United States v. Little, 392 F.3d 671, 677 (4th Cir. 2004) (observing that pro se pleadings are classified according to their contents rather than their captions).