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Parker v. Burris

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Nov 23, 2015
623 F. App'x 82 (4th Cir. 2015)

Summary

finding that because a nurse cannot prescribe medication, "Plaintiff's assertion that her alleged inaction in regards to pain medicine amounted to deliberate indifference" was meritless

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Opinion

No. 15-6900

11-23-2015

BILLY RAY PARKER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RICK BURRIS, Sheriff of Stanly County, North Carolina; CAPT. LANE BURRIS; DEPUTY DARRIN POPLIN; LT. TOMMY HUDSON; SARAH MILLS, LPN, Defendants - Appellees, and SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS, INC., Defendant.

Billy Ray Parker, Appellant Pro Se. Patrick Houghton Flanagan, Virginia Marie Wooten, CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Walter Gregory Merritt, Jay C. Salsman, HARRIS, CREECH, WARD & BLACKERBY, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.


UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Loretta Copeland Biggs, District Judge. (1:13-cv-00488-LCB-LPA) Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Billy Ray Parker, Appellant Pro Se. Patrick Houghton Flanagan, Virginia Marie Wooten, CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Walter Gregory Merritt, Jay C. Salsman, HARRIS, CREECH, WARD & BLACKERBY, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Billy Ray Parker appeals the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Parker v. Burris, No. 1:13-cv-00488-LCB-LPA (M.D.N.C. May 8, 2015). 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


Summaries of

Parker v. Burris

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Nov 23, 2015
623 F. App'x 82 (4th Cir. 2015)

finding that because a nurse cannot prescribe medication, "Plaintiff's assertion that her alleged inaction in regards to pain medicine amounted to deliberate indifference" was meritless

Summary of this case from Lilly v. Carter

finding that because a nurse cannot prescribe medication, "Plaintiff's assertion that her alleged inaction in regards to pain medicine amounted to deliberate indifference" was meritless

Summary of this case from Barnett v. Alamance Cnty. Sheriff Office Det. Ctr.
Case details for

Parker v. Burris

Case Details

Full title:BILLY RAY PARKER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RICK BURRIS, Sheriff of Stanly…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Nov 23, 2015

Citations

623 F. App'x 82 (4th Cir. 2015)

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