Opinion

Matthews v. John H. Brown

Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Filed
May 16, 2000
Status
Unpublished
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-1288

LUCITA O. MATTHEWS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

JOHN H. BROWN, individually and in his offi-

cial capacity as Sheriff of Carroll County;

CHARLES F. FOWLER, individually and in his

official capacity as Chief Deputy Sheriff of

Carroll County; JOHN W. STULTZ, individually

and in his official capacity as Deputy Sheriff

of Carroll County and in his former official

capacity as Warden of Carroll County Detention

Center; EARL STEVEN TURVIN, individually and

in his official capacity as a Deputy Sheriff

of Carroll County and in his former official

capacity as Warden of the Carroll County De-

tention Center; MARK L. PEREGOY, individually

and in his official capacity as a Deputy Sher-

iff of Carroll County; THE SHERIFF'S DEPART-

MENT OF CARROLL COUNTY,

Defendants - Appellees,

MARYLAND COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-95-

305-L)

Submitted: May 11, 2000 Decided: May 16, 2000

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lucita O. Matthews, Appellant Pro Se. Kathy Marie Britton-Bracey,

Assistant County Attorney, Towson, Maryland; Richard Timothy

Colaresi, Bowie, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:

Lucita O. Matthews appeals the district court’s orders: (1)

granting her motion to reopen the case, granting the Defendants’

motions to dismiss, and denying her motion for default judgment;

and (2) denying her subsequent motion for reconsideration. We have

reviewed the record and the district court’s opinions and find no

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the

district court. See Matthews v. Maryland Comm’n on Human Rela-

tions, No. CA-95-305-L (D. Md. Feb. 16 & Mar. 9, 2000). We grant

the Defendants’ motion to strike Matthews’ positive disclosure

statement because we find it was improperly filed pursuant to Fed.

R. Civ. P. 26.1 and 4th Cir. R. 26.1. We also grant the unopposed

motion to dismiss the Maryland Commission on Human Relations as a

party to this lawsuit. We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-

terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

AFFIRMED

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