Okpala v. Fanello ( 1996 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-7553
GARRY OKPALA,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
JOHN F. FANELLO, Warden of FCI-Estill,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Beaufort. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-95-858-9-3JC)
Submitted: February 7, 1996 Decided: February 22, 1996
Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Garry Okpala, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying
his motion for reconsideration of the dismissal of his Bivens*
complaint. We have reviewed the record and the district court's
opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm
substantially on the reasoning of the district court. Okpala v.
Fanello, No. CA-95-858-9-3JC (D.S.C. Sept. 1, 1995). In addition,
Appellant's claim regarding exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
was correctly dismissed, because it improperly sought to hold
Appellee liable under the theory of respondeat superior. See Jett
v. Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist., 491 U.S. 701, 735 (1989). 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
*
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).
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