Albert Mills v. Lawrence Hogan

── Albert Mills v. Lawrence Hogan ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Date: May 26, 2026 Category: General USCA4 Appeal: 25-6687 Doc: 24 Filed: 05/26/2026 Pg: 1 of 5 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 25-6687 ALBERT CURTIS MILLS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. FORMER GOVERNOR LAWRENCE HOGAN; ROBERT GREEN, former Secretary of DPSCS; O. WAYNE HILL, former DPSCS Deputy Secretary for Operations; FRANK B. BISHOP, JR., Division of Correction (“DOC”) Assistant Commissioner (West); F. TODD TAYLOR, JR., Inmate Grievance Office Direction; WARDEN JEFF NINES; SANDRA HOLMES, IGO Administrative Officer III; VAUGHN WHITEMAN, Correctional Officer Lieutenant, Defendants - Appellees. No. 25-6688 ALBERT CURTIS MILLS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. LAUREN BEITZEL; VAUGHN WHITEMAN; JOHN G. SINDY; MISTY J. GUTHRIE; RICHARD S. RODERICK; LAWRI WINTERS; JAMES WILSON; ANITA ROZAS; FRANK B. BISHOP; JAMIE FARRIS; CHRISTOPHER WEDLOCK; F. TODD TAYLOR; ROBIN WOOLFORD; ROBERT L. GREEN; LAWRENCE J. HOGAN; THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION OF CORRECTION; NORTH BRANCH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, USCA4 Appeal: 25-6687 Doc: 24 Filed: 05/26/2026 Pg: 2 of 5 Defendants - Appellees. No. 25-6689 ALBERT CURTIS MILLS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. LAUREN BEITZEL; APRIL CARR; VAUGHN WHITEMAN; JOHN G. SINDY; MISTY J. GUTHRIE; RICHARD S. RODERICK; L. WINTERS; J. WILSON; ANITA ROZAS; FRANK B. BISHOP; JAMIE FARRIS; ROBIN WOOLFORD; NORTH BRANCH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION; THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION OF CORRECTION; INMATE GRIEVANCE OFFICE, Defendants - Appellees. No. 25-6690 ALBERT CURTIS MILLS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NORTH BRANCH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION; APRIL CARR; LAUREN BEITZEL; VAUGHN WHITEMAN; JOHN G. SINDY; MISTY J. GUTHRIE; RICHARD S. RODERICK; LAWRI WINTERS; JAMES WILSON; JEFF NINES; ANITA ROZAS; FRANK B. BISHOP; ROBIN WOOLFORD, Defendants - Appellees. 2 USCA4 Appeal: 25-6687 Doc: 24 Filed: 05/26/2026 Pg: 3 of 5 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Lydia Kay Griggsby, District Judge. (1:22-cv-01512-LKG; 1:22-cv-02805-LKG; 1:23-cv- 01027-LKG; 1:23-cv-00382-LKG) Submitted: May 21, 2026 Decided: May 26, 2026 Before AGEE and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Albert Curtis Mills, Appellant Pro Se. Robert D. Goodis, Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 3 USCA4 Appeal: 25-6687 Doc: 24 Filed: 05/26/2026 Pg: 4 of 5 PER CURIAM: In these consolidated cases, Albert Curtis Mills seeks to appeal the district court’s order granting Defendants’ motions to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment, and dismissing Mills’ civil complaints. Mills, a Maryland inmate, filed four complaints in the distri