# Christopher Rutledge v. FBI

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · December 23, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11232094

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** December 23, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

USCA4 Appeal: 25-6592 Doc: 8 Filed: 12/23/2025 Pg: 1 of 3

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6592

CHRISTOPHER R. RUTLEDGE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

FBI; DARPA, (Defense Advance Research Project Agency); DUKE UNIVERSITY,
Medical Center Research, Department Psychology and Neuroscience, and their
Biotechnologies, Neurotechnologies Activities Oversight Boards; WAKE FOREST
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Neuroscience Clinical Trials and
Innovations Center, and their Prisoner Legal Research Dept. and their
Biotechnologies, Neurotechnologies Activities Oversight Boards; IMAGINE ONE
CORP., CEO Bob Lackey; NEURALINK CORP.; RHINE RESEARCH CENTER;
BOWMAN GRAY BAPTIST, Wake Forest Hospital; U.S. F.D.A, Raleigh, N.C.;
ORTHO CAROLINA, Hickory & Conover N.C.; CATAWBA VALLEY
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, Hickory, N.C.; DAVID ROCKETT, Hickory Police
Department; BRADLEY BEACH, JR., Highway Patrol N.C.; MYA VANG, Dr.
Hickory, N.C. Frye Family Healthcare; DON BROWN, Sheriff; Catawba County;
AMY SIGMON, Judge; Catawba County; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; F.D.A
(M.D.), Science Board and Biotechnologies, Neurotechnologies Activities Oversight
Boards.; US MAGISTRATE, Charlotte, NC; WAKE COUNTY MAGISTRATE’S
OFFICE; SHANNON RUTLEDGE-CHAMBERS; DIANE RUTLEDGE; JAMIE
RUTLEDGE; RANDY RUTLEDGE; LYNN RUTLEDGE; JASON RUTLEDGE;
ARLAN FAIRCLOTH; DONNA MARIE BAISLEY, Mother; DONNA MARIE
BAISLEY, Daughter; MARQUEDA; KEITH SETZER; MONICA SETZER;
KATELYN POOVEY; STEPHANIE WILKERSON-YODER; DANIEL
FLETCHER; JEFF HOUSTON; WILL HOUSTON; JAY GAITHER, Former
District Attorney; COY REID; BOB LACKEY; GENE GLAZE; JOHN DOES;
JANE DOES; MARK IVEY; BOBBY CHANDLER; ADAM ASHOFF; JASON
EARNHARDT; JOHNATHAN BRETT KRAUSE; SHERMAN FERGUSON;
DON EDWIN HAWKS, JR.; COREY CLAGETT; VANESSA MASTROPOLO;
JUILENE ALMOND; LAFIA HAYES; JEFF MCGUHIE; BILLY HALL, JR.;
RICKY BOLICK; DONNIE NEAL; STEPHEN PRIESTLY; RAY MATA; WAKE
USCA4 Appeal: 25-6592 Doc: 8 Filed: 12/23/2025 Pg: 2 of 3

FOREST UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Prisoner Research; RICHARD DIK
DAIGLER,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Charlotte. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (3:25-cv-00306-KDB-SCR)

Submitted: December 18, 2025 Decided: December 23, 2025

Before NIEMEYER and BERNER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

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 civil rights

action, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of

Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2), 1915A.

We have reviewed the record, concur that the allegations are frivolous, and find no

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Rutledge v. FBI, No.

3:25-cv-00306-KDB-SCR (W.D.N.C. June 11, 2025). 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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