Issac Patterson v. Harold Clark ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6572
ISSAC D. PATTERSON,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
HAROLD CLARK, Director Virginia/D.O.C.; BRYAN WATSON,
Warden; JERRY TOWNSEND, Assistant Warden; ELIZA S. WILLIS,
Institutional Program Manager,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
Judge. (2:12-cv-00006-RAJ-DEM)
Submitted: October 29, 2015 Decided: November 24, 2015
Before MOTZ, AGEE, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Issac D. Patterson, Appellant Pro Se. James Milburn Isaacs, Jr.,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Issac D. Patterson appeals the district court’s order
granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing
Patterson’s complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). We
have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Patterson claims that defendants are responsible for placing
false information in his file, which the Virginia Parole Board
relied on to deny him parole. Even if that information was
false, “where the denial of parole . . . rests on one
constitutionally valid ground, the Board’s consideration of an
allegedly invalid ground would not violate a constitutional
right.” Bloodgood v. Garraghty, 783 F.2d 470, 475 (4th Cir.
1986). Here, in addition to the allegedly false information,
the Board provided several other constitutionally valid grounds
for denying parole. 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
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