Riley v. Catoe

Full title: Willie J. Riley, Appellant, v. Dennis Wayne Catoe, Respondent.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Aug 2, 2017

Appellate Case No. 2015-001627 (S.C. Ct. App. Aug. 2, 2017)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-001627 Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-322

08-02-2017

Willie J. Riley, Appellant, v. Dennis Wayne Catoe, Respondent.

Willie J. Riley, of Columbia, pro se. Leslie A. Cotter, Jr., and Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, both of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. Appeal From Richland County
J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge, Tanya A. Gee, Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Willie J. Riley, of Columbia, pro se. Leslie A. Cotter, Jr., and Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, both of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: First Sav. Bank v. McLean, 314 S.C. 361, 363, 444 S.E.2d 513, 514 (1994) (stating the failure to provide arguments or supporting authority for an issue on appeal is deemed an abandonment of the issue); Rouvet v. Rouvet, 388 S.C. 301, 310, 696 S.E.2d 204, 208 (Ct. App. 2010) ("[L]ack of familiarity with legal proceedings is not an acceptable excuse and the court will hold a layman to the same standard as an attorney."). AFFIRMED. ¹ LOCKEMY, C.J., and HUFF and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------