Opinion
2017-UP-322
08-02-2017
Willie J. Riley, Appellant, v. Dennis Wayne Catoe, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2015-001627
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.
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.
Submitted June 1, 2017
Appeal From Richland County J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge, Tanya A. Gee, Circuit Court Judge
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.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
LOCKEMY, C.J, and HUFF and THOMAS, JJ, concur