James Owens-El v. Steven Brunson , 477 F. App'x 27 ( 2012 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1183
JAMES JOSEPH OWENS-EL,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
STEVEN BRUNSON; MARY JO WILLIAMS; NATALIE VALLANDINGHAM;
PAUL R.A. HOWARD; JOYCE MCBRIDE; DAVID WANNAMAN; PATRICIA
VINES; ISAAC FULWOOD; ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER; U.S.
ATTORNEY ROD J. ROSENSTEIN,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District
Judge. (1:11-cv-00523-WDQ)
Submitted: August 30, 2012 Decided: September 5, 2012
Before WILKINSON, KING, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Joseph Owens-El, Appellant Pro Se. Larry David Adams,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
James Joseph Owens-El appeals the district court’s
order denying relief on his complaint filed pursuant to
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics,
403 U.S. 388 (1971). We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated
by the district court. Owens-El v. Brunson, No. 1:11-cv-
00523-WDQ (D. Md. Dec. 14, 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
*
Assuming that probation officers are law enforcement
officers under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and that the
United States has waived its immunity with regard to certain of
their intentional torts, see Ignacio v. United States, 674 F.3d
252, 253 (4th Cir. 2012), Owens-El’s claims under the FTCA are
subject to dismissal because he failed to exhaust his
administrative remedies. See Ahmed v. United States, 30 F.3d
514, 516 (4th Cir. 1994).
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