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235 F. App'x 152

Blount v. Fleming

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided August 15, 2007

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2007-08-15

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Equipment Finance Group, Incorporated v. Traverse Computer Brokers, and Synchronized Design and Development Company, Incorporated · Bryson v. M

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion · Decided 2007-08-15

*153 PER CURIAM:

¶1 Donell J. Blount, Sr., seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting judgment in favor of the Defendants on his excessive force claim brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) and the district court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration. * We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Blount v. Fleming, No. 7:04-cv-00429-gec, 2007 WL 130181 (W.D.Va. Jan. 16, 2007). 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.

¶2 AFFIRMED.

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¶3 Blount appealed from the court’s initial order granting judgment in favor of the Defendants on his excessive force claim, but ordering a further evidentiary hearing on his common fare diet claims. Blount’s notice of appeal was interlocutory when filed; however, the district court’s subsequent entry of a final judgment prior to our consideration of the appeal cures the jurisdictional defect. See In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 287-89 (4th Cir. 2005); Equipment Fin. Group, Inc. v. Traverse Computer Brokers, 973 F.2d 345, 347-48 (4th Cir.1992). Blount does not appeal the court’s disposition of his claims related to his request to receive the common fare diet, based upon his religious needs.

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