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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Carlton E. Cantrell, Appellant,

v.

Aiken County, Aiken County Animal Control Director, Shirley Hardin, Aiken County Animal Control Officer Bobby Arthurs, and Judge Charles T. Carter, Defendants,

Of whom Judge Charles T. Carter is the Respondent.

Appeal From Aiken County
�Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-533
Submitted December 1, 2010 � Filed December 14, 2010

AFFIRMED

Carlton Cantrell, pro se, for Appellant.

James M. Holly, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Carlton E. Cantrell appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Magistrate Judge Charles T. Carter.� The trial court found Carter's complaint contained no allegation whatsoever concerning Carter, and even if it did, Carter was acting in his official capacity and therefore immune from liability.� We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: State v. Howard, 384 S.C. 212, 217, 682 S.E.2d 42, 45 (Ct. App. 2009) ("An issue is deemed abandoned and will not be considered on appeal if the argument is raised in a brief but not supported by authority.").

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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