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    This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. It affirms the lower district court's dismissal of a Section 1983 complaint filed by the appellant, Woodrow Wilson Miles, against Carl Pendell, a unit manager. The district court properly dismissed the individual capacity claims based on qualified immunity and while it applied the incorrect standard to the official capacity claims, the error was harmless as suits for damages against federal officials in their official capacities are barred by sovereign immunity. The Fourth Circuit found the appeal was without merit and affirmed the lower court's decision.

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    Filed: 1994-12-27 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 43 F.3d 1467 Docket: 94-6884

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    : Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 States That Citation of Unpublished Dispositions is Disfavored Except for Establishing Res Judicata, Estoppel, or the Law of the Case and Requires Service of Copies of Cited Unpublished Dispositions of the Fourth Circuit. Woodrow Wilson Miles, and Clinton F. Taylor James S. Caroline v. Carl Pendell, Unit Manager, 43 F.3d 1467, 4th Cir. (1994)

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    This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. It affirms the lower district court's dismissal of a Section 1983 complaint filed by the appellant, Woodrow Wilson Miles, against Carl Pendell, a unit manager. The district court properly dismissed the individual capacity claims based on qualified immunity and while it applied the incorrect standard to the official capacity claims, the error was harmless as suits for damages against federal officials in their official capacities are barred by sovereign immunity. The Fourth Circuit found the appeal was without merit and affirmed the lower court's decision.

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    43 F.

    3d 1467

    : Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished


    dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata,
    estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of
    cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
    Woodrow Wilson MILES, Plaintiff Appellant,
    and
    Clinton F. Taylor; James S. Caroline, Plaintiffs,
    v.
    Carl PENDELL, Unit Manager, Defendant Appellee.
    No. 94-6884.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Submitted Sept. 20, 1994.
    Decided Dec. 27, 1994.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Richmond. Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Senior District Judge.
    (CA-93-186-R)
    Woodrow Wilson Miles, Appellant Pro Se. Robert William Jaspen,
    OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, VA, for
    appellee.
    Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER,
    Senior Circuit Judge.
    PER CURIAM:

    Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C.
    Sec. 1983 (1988) complaint. Our review of the record and the district court's
    opinion discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we affirm. *
    Miles v. Pendell, No. CA-93-186-R (E.D. Va. June 21, 1994). 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.

    The district court properly dismissed the claims against Appellee in his
    individual capacity as barred by qualified immunity. Collinson v. Gott, 895
    F.2d 994, 998 (4th Cir.1990). Although the district court did not apply the
    correct standard in dismissing the claims against Appellee in his official
    capacity, the error was harmless because suits for damages against federal
    officials in their official capacities are barred by sovereign immunity.
    Hagemeier v. Block, 806 F.2d 197, 202 (8th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S.
    1054 (1987); Gilbert v. DaGrossa, 756 F.2d 1455, 1458 (9th Cir.1985)

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