Matata v. Robbins

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6758
CHUNGA HAKI MATATA,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
TONY ROBBINS; ANTHONY HOSKINS; DAVID T. PETTY,
JR.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. William B. Traxler, Jr., District
Judge. (CA-95-1587-6-21AK)
Submitted: February 27, 1997 Decided: March 11, 1997
Before MURNAGHAN, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Chunga Haki Matata, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, OF-
FICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina; Ellis
Branch Drew, III, R. Anthony Hartsoe, WOMBLE, CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE &
RICE, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Chunga Haki Matata appeals the district court's order denying
relief on his civil complaint. We have reviewed the record and the
district court order and find no reversible error. We find that the
district court properly granted summary judgment to Defendants
Robbins and Hoskins. Robbins and Hoskins are entitled to qualified
immunity because they held a reasonable belief that Matata's car
was subject to seizure. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800,
815-18 (1982). The district court also properly dismissed the
action as to Defendant Petty because the court lacked personal
jurisdiction over him. See Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia,
S.A. v. Hall, 466 U.S. 408, 414-15 (1984). 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
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