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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1146 DOYLE R. HAM, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES; SOLOMON HEJIRIKA, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge. (1:13-cv-01761-JKB) Submitted: May 22, 2014 Decided: June 17, 2014 Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unp
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1146 DOYLE R. HAM, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES; SOLOMON HEJIRIKA, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge. (1:13-cv-01761-JKB) Submitted: May 22, 2014 Decided: June 17, 2014 Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpu..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-1146
DOYLE R. HAM, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES;
SOLOMON HEJIRIKA,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge.
(1:13-cv-01761-JKB)
Submitted: May 22, 2014 Decided: June 17, 2014
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Doyle R. Ham, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Michael O’Connor Doyle,
Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland; Judith Ann
Barr, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Pikesville,
Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Doyle R. Ham, Jr., appeals the district court’s order
dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint for failure to
state a claim. We review the dismissal de novo. Philips v.
Pitt Cnty. Mem’l Hosp.,
572 F.3d 176, 179-80 (4th Cir. 2009)
(supplying standard of review).
Ham alleged that his Fourth Amendment rights were
violated when his employer opened his workplace locker on
several occasions while he was suspended from employment pending
the resolution of disciplinary matters. Although Ham had a
reasonable expectation of privacy in his locker, we conclude
that he failed to allege facts indicating that his employer
violated that expectation. Francis v. Giacomelli,
588 F.3d 186,
194 (4th Cir. 2009).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s denial of
relief. 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
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