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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-6649
CHRISTOPHER R. RUTLEDGE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
and
A.M.R.; A.D.R.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, University itself and
any research labs connected; W.F. SCHOOL OF LAW, Dean, Professors, Students,
Graduates; CAROL MILLIGAN; CHERYL BUSHMELL; DUKE UNIVERSITY;
SCHOOL OF LAW (DUKE); N.C. DEPT. OF ADULT CORR.; TODD E. ISHEE;
NEUSE CORR. REID, Warden; HOOPER, Psyche CP 2021-2022; NPR LEVISON,
2023 CP; SUMORA, Psyche 2023 CP; HARNETT, Psyche Jan-Aug 2023; NEUSE,
Psyche Dec 2023-Now; DIRECTOR OF THE FBI; FBI; DIRECTOR OF THE CIA;
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION; DON BROWN, Sheriff;
COY REID, Retired Sheriff; JASON REID, Ex Deputy; BOSTON, Captain Retired;
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT; CATAWBA COUNTY COURTS; CATAWBA
COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE; HICKORY POLICE DEPT.; DAVID ROCKETT,
Sgt.; BRADLEY BEACH, JR., Highway Patrol, N.C. Trooper; CATAWBA
POLICE DEPARTMENT; ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND
EMPLOYEES/VOLUNTEERS OF CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C.; CONOVER
POLICE DEPARTMENT, Surrounding P.D.’s and Sheriff’s including Statesville
possibly Forsyth, Mecklenburg, etc.; CATAWBA VALLEY HOSPITAL; FRYE
REGIONAL MED CENTER HOSPITAL; CATAWBA VALLEY BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH; DR. SANTOSA; DON BROWN, Attorney; LENOIR RHYNE
UNIVERSITY; APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY; N.C. STATE
UNIVERSITY, to include Professors, Employees, Students, Interns, Graduates, etc.;
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, to include Professors, Employees, Students, Interns,
Graduates, etc.; UNC CHARLOTTE, to include Professors, Employees, Students,
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Interns, Graduates, etc.; UNC GREENSBORO, Hospitals/Healthcare and
Employees; VARIOUS HOSPITALS AND HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
EMPLOYEES AND PLACES, including Rehabs and Employees; DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE; NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY; HOMELAND SECURITY;
UNC CHAPEL HILL UNIVERSITY, School of Law and Prosecutors and Politics
Project; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; CATAWBA COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES; JAY GAITHER, Former District Attorney Catawba
County; JEFF HOUSTON, Houston Haircutters; WILL HOUSTON, Houston
Haircutters; ANDREW GOLDSTEIN, Polygraph Examiner; STEPHEN
PRIESTLY, Certified Public Accountant; DR. MYA VANG, Family Doctor;
JAMILA MAYOYA, Physicians Assistant; CARY JAMES; TIM HEWITT; BOB
LACKEY; ROB LACKEY; GENE GLAZE, his daughters and family; GLAZE
CONSTRUCTION, Hickory Square and possibly their Churches; GARY STINSON,
Attorney; BLAIR CODY, Attorney; BEN MOOSE, Attorney; MATTHEW
POTEAT, Attorney; MARK HALL, Pastor; TIM LAIL PASTOR, every family
member to Heron any Rutledge; PAUL PRUITT, Pastor; SHANNON RUTLEDGE-
CHAMBERS; ARLAN FAIRCLOTH, Minister; MARK IVEY, Pastor Christ Alive
Church; ADAM ASHOFF; BOBBY CHANDLER, Preacher; POOVEY BAPTIST
CHURCH, Caldwell or Lenoir County; CHARLES KIGER, Pastor Mtn View
Christ/Church; KATELYN POOVEY; MIKE WILLIAMS; SHERMAN
FERFUASUN; BLACK FUNERAL HOME OWNER; PDI DETAIL BUSINESS
OWNER, on Hwy 127; N.C. STATE CON. OF THE NAACP; RAY MATA; REITA
PENDRY, Attorney; JOY MCMURRY MCCAPEL, Attorney; JERRY GILMORE;
PHOSTELL, Owner Phostells Barbershop; TOMMY SAIN, Minister;
CHRISTOPHER MARRELLI; CATAWBA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE; ELEVATION CHURCH; CARY JAMES, Jaime Rutledge’s sister; FAYE
KAPP; JERRY KAPP; KRISTI KAPP; WESLEY KAPP; KEITH MCGEE; AIR
FORCE HEATING AND AIR; VANESSA MASTROPOLO; LAUREH HOPE
STALEY, Child Psychologist; CHARLIE GRAINGER RESTAURANT; RANDY
RUTLEDGE; DIANE RUTLEDGE; LYNN RUTLEDGE; JAMIE RUTLEDGE;
GINA RUTLEDGE; AYDAN RUTLEDGE; ELI RUTLEDGE; JASON
RUTLEDGE; BILLY HALL, SR.; BILLY HALL, JR.; B. HALL SR’S BROTHER;
RICHARD DAIGLER; TODD JENKINS; MATT DUNN; CAITLIN DESIREE;
LEROY; SARAH; BRENT GOODSON; JOE FRANKS, Retired Homeland Sec.;
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, a/k/a Twinkee; STEVEN RANDLE; LISA GRANTZ;
SCOTT MILAR; SCOTT FOGELMAN; JUILENE ALMOND, a/k/a Jules; RICKY
BOLICK; DERRICK HUSBAND; KATIE; JOHN SPRINKLE; CRYSTAL
SPRINKLE; PAULINE AND ELVIN DEHART’S KIDS AND FAMILY; ZACH
CRAWFORD; SHAUNA STACKS; JAIME REEVIS; DONNA MARIE
BAISLEY; CADEN O’BRIAN; MAURICE CHEEKS; MICHAEL, Long View
Police Dept and Ex Sheriff; KEITH SETZER; MONICA SETZER; AMY
WILHEIM; BENJAMIN GRIFFIN; JACK CRANFORD; LAKEVIEW BAPTIST
CHURCH, Hwy 127; MARCUS HOUSTON; SHAWN WARD; ALL MEDIA
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PRODUCTION, FILM, DOCUMENTARY, OR ANY COMPANY, or Individual
Connected to anything involved in filming me; JAMES FLESCHER, Attorney;
ELKS LODGE; MASON’S LODGE; ROBERT LANG; MAYKELIN CENTENO;
CAROLINA AND CO. HAIR SALON, Hairstylist and Owner; PAUL, Blueprint
Barbershop Owner; PANIC ROOM, in Caldwell County; JONI PACK; LAFIA
HAYES; DANIEL FLETCHER; STEPHANIE WILKERSON-YODER; CHASE
HEIEN; ASHLEY HEIEN; MITCHELL, Piedmont Builders; MIKE, Piedmont
Builders; DANNY DALTON, Piedmont Builders; CARLOS HICKMAN;
LAWRENCE HICKMAN; JASON EARNHARDT; DONNIE HEAL; MEREDITH;
BROCK BUMGARDNER; JON BOYLES; JASON SPAINHOUR; RUSTY
SHIELDS; RODNEY GARROM; DON BEAL; CHUCK WHITE; TERRICK
COLEMAN; MIKE KING; DEVON CARSON; SHAWN COOK; M.C. PRIEST,
Officer; JOHNATHAN BRETT CROUSE; TIA THARPE; JOHN DOES, Client
List; RESHAUN SOLOMAN; JADA; HART TWINS; JAIME MINTON; ANGIE
COXER FOWLER; CHRIS QUICK; GINO AMATO; TERRY HELMS;
LEHARMON DUNLAP; JOHN DOES, Stevie Best Cousins; KERRY CARVER;
COREY CARVER; TRACEY HESTER; CHARLIE KRAMER; GORDON YULD;
JENNIFER; JOHN DOES, A.A. and N.A. People; MARY HODGES; SAKURA
RESTAURANT; WAMEENG LEE, Kloud 9 Vapes; DANIEL SIMMONS; TRACY
SNYDER; STEPHANIE SNYDER; HEATHER STOLTZ; AMBER STOLTZ;
NATASHA CANTER; LEE CANTER; MELVIN; MISTY DAVIS; CHAMILE;
ALLISON WALSON; NINA SHARIFF; SAMANTHA DANIELS; JAIME
DANIELS; COREY CLAGETT; ASHLEY CATTLES; LAMOUNT BOSTON;
SHANNON FOWLER; JOHN DOES, People From W-S or Carver H.School; JOHN
DOES, People from Hickory, Charlotte, or surrounding areas; JOHN DOES;
ALLISON TAYLOR; LARRY QUINN; BRYAN LOPES; ROBERT VERNON
JONES; JOHN DOES, Donna Marie Baisley’s Best Friends; CHUCK; JOHN
DOES, Spanish; ELON MUSK; TESLA NEURO LINK; CEPHOS CORP;
NEUROSCIENCE INC.; SIBIA NEUROSCIENCES; PURDUE NEUROSCIENCE
CO.; WECU TECHNOLOGIES; GAIA, INC.; NICK KIRKPATRICK; AUDREY
S. KINCAID; CITY OF HICKORY; HICKORY DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION;
NIKKI; NICOLE; TONY SALERA; DAVIDSON COLLEGE; PURDUE
PHARMA INC.; INDIANA UNIVERSITY; CHICAGO COLLEGE’S; RHODES
TECH.; IMMUNOSCIENCES LAB INC.; NAYATT COVE LIFESCIENCE INC.;
TESLA; PHARMSAN LABS INC.; CLAYOSMITH KLINE PLC; SMITHKLINE
BEECHAM CORP.; CADUS PHARMA CORP.; TONI PACK; CTRL LABS;
CLAXSMITH KLINE PLC; MAX PLANCK RESEARCH GROUP; UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA’S WELL INSTITUTE; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY;
HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM; GOTTINGEN CENTER FOR
NEURO-SCIENCES, BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR; COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; HENSON ROBOTICS LIMITED;
BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA; MIT UNIVERSITY; BEROUDADETT;
JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Neuroscience; PRIVACY AND
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CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD; CIA MKULTRA PROGRAM;
MILAB; DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
PACIFIC NEUROSCIENCE MEDICAL; CONSTELLATION
PHARMACEUTICALS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST BIOTECHNOLOGY; ARISTO
VOYDAMI; M3 BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.; CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK; NYATT CORE LIFESCIENCES INC.; JAMES W. RUTLEDGE; BOBBY
CHAMBERS; DUKE HOSPITAL; BOWMAN GRAY BAPTIST, Wake Forest
Hospital; JACK WILKERSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Charlotte. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief Judge. (3:24-cv-00404-MR)
Submitted: October 21, 2024 Decided: November 6, 2024
Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher R. Rutledge, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Christopher R. Rutledge appeals the district court’s order dismissing his amended
civil rights action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named
Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(e)(2)(B). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm the district court’s order. Rutledge v. Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Med., No. 3:24-
cv-00404-MR (W.D.N.C. June 11, 2024). We deny Rutledge’s motions for the
appointment of counsel. 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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