Opinion
22-1195
07-25-2022
BENEDICT EMESOWUM, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ASHLEY BUXTON, Police Officer; M. KANG, Police Officer; N. MINDELL, Police Officer; S. BUTZER, Police Officer; H. BUCHOFER, Police Officer; ARLINGTON COUNTY, Defendants - Appellees.
Benedict Emesowum, Appellant Pro Se. Ryan Carson Samuel, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: July 21, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Rossie David Alston, Jr., District Judge. (1:20-cv-00113-RDA-TCB)
Benedict Emesowum, Appellant Pro Se.
Ryan Carson Samuel, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellees.
Before MOTZ, HARRIS, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM.
Benedict Emesowum appeals the district court's order granting Defendants' Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b) motion to dismiss Emesowum's civil rights complaint for failing to comply with the court's discovery orders. After reviewing the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Emesowum's action. See Attkisson v. Holder, 925 F.3d 606, 620 (4th Cir. 2019) (stating standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. See Emesowum v. Buxton, No. 1:20-cv-00113-RDA-TCB (E.D. Va. Sept. 30, 2021). We deny Defendants' motion to dismiss the appeal and Emesowum's motion to compel the district court to issue an order on his motion to extend time to appeal. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 58(a), (c)(2)(B). 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. 2