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DePaola v. Wade

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2012
479 F. App'x 536 (4th Cir. 2012)

Opinion

No. 12-6803

10-03-2012

ERIC JOSEPH DEPAOLA, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JAMES WADE, Food Services Director; B. OSBOURNE, Food Services Worker; LT. LAFAYETTE FLEMING; WARDEN TRACY RAY; JOHN GARMAN, Regional Director, Defendants - Appellees.

Eric Joseph DePaola, Appellant Pro Se. John Michael Parsons, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, District Judge. (7:11-cv-00198-SGW-RSB) Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Eric Joseph DePaola, Appellant Pro Se. John Michael Parsons, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Eric Joseph DePaola appeals the district court's order granting the Defendants summary judgment on his First Amendment claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc (2006), and dismissing his Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. DePaola v. Wade, No. 7:11-cv-00198-SGW-RSB (W.D. Va. Mar. 30, 2012). 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


Summaries of

DePaola v. Wade

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2012
479 F. App'x 536 (4th Cir. 2012)
Case details for

DePaola v. Wade

Case Details

Full title:ERIC JOSEPH DEPAOLA, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JAMES WADE, Food Services…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 3, 2012

Citations

479 F. App'x 536 (4th Cir. 2012)

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