Opinion
21-7503
02-23-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLAUDE SLOAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Claude Sloan, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: February 17, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (2:18-cr-00004-JPJ-1; 2:20-cv-81440-JPJ)
Claude Sloan, Appellant Pro Se.
Before AGEE and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 1
PER CURIAM
Claude Sloan appeals the district court's order denying his postjudgment motion for recusal and a change of venue. Having reviewed the record and finding no reversible error, we affirm the decision of the district court. See United States v. Sloan, No. 2:18-cr-00004-JPJ-1 (W.D. Va. Oct. 13, 2021). 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.
Sloan's pleading is captioned as a petition for "Recusal," "Venue," "Bias and Prejudice," and "Compassionate Release"; however, in the body of the pleading, Sloan requests only recusal and a change of venue. See United States v. Little, 392 F.3d 671, 677 (4th Cir. 2004) (observing that pro se pleadings are classified according to their contents rather than their captions).
AFFIRMED 2