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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-7223 GONZOLO DANNY LAGO, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus DONALD WILMOUTH, Lieutenant; TERRENCE JONES, Correctional Officer; UNKNOWN WINSTEAD, Correctional Officer, Defendants - Appellees, and D.W. EVANS, Internal Affairs Investigator; E.P. HICKS, Internal Affairs Investigator; GARY L. BASS, Deputy Warden; DONALD BAYLOR, Sargeant; JAMES CRAWFORD, Lieutenant; UNKNOWN HARRIS; J.C. FARROW; R.D. GREEN; J. HALSEY; UNKNOWN RAYMOND, Correctional Officer; LARRY HOPSON, Physicians Assistant; UNKNOWN HOLLAND, Doctor; UNKNOWN BILLOW, Doctor; UNKNOWN UNDERWOOD, Doctor; J. BEALE, Warden, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge. (CA-93-763-R) Submitted: March 21, 1996 Decided: April 2, 1996 Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gonzolo Danny Lago, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 2 PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the jury's verdict in favor of Defen- dants in his
42 U.S.C. § 1983(1988) complaint. Appellant alleged that prison guards beat him following a peaceful sit-in demonstra- tion by inmates and after he accidentally set his mattress on fire. The jury found that the force used against him was reasonable and not malicious. Appellant claims that the trial court failed to allow him adequate time to present his case and improperly withheld from evidence emergency medical grievances he filed after the incident. Appellant offers no elaboration of how the alleged time restriction affected his case. Although he asserts that his grievances would have proved that Defendants committed perjury at trial, the docu- ments in the record contain only Appellant's unsworn statements that he was in pain and believed that he required immediate medical attention. We find no ground for appeal based on these documents. Appellant also avers that Defendants' testimony at an earlier trial would have proved they perjured themselves at his trial. However, Appellant neither identifies the other trial nor describes the alleged inconsistencies in testimony. We find his general claim insufficient to warrant relief. 3 Accordingly, we affirm judgment reflecting the jury's verdict. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten- tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 4
Document Info
Docket Number: 95-7223
Filed Date: 4/2/1996
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021