# Board of Trustees Masters v. Santina Carney

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · July 1, 2014

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2682169

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** July 1, 2014
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1300

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS PENSION PLAN;
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT PLAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS
HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN,

Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

SANTINA M. CARNEY,

Defendant – Appellant,

DENNIS J. CARNEY,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

NILSA CARNEY,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, Senior District
Judge. (1:13-cv-01005-WMN)

Submitted: June 26, 2014 Decided: July 1, 2014

Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Santina M. Carney, Appellant Pro Se. Edward R. Mackiewicz,
Richard Louis Trumka, Jr., STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP, Washington,
D.C., Thomas John Schetelich, FERGUSON, SCHETELICH & BALLEW, PA,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Santina M. Carney appeals the district court’s orders

precluding her from challenging the validity of a 1983 divorce

decree and determining that she has no claim for benefits under

her former husband’s pension plan, retirement plan, or health

and benefit plan, and also denying her motion for

reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find no

reversible error. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in

forma pauperis, deny Carney’s motion for appointment of counsel,

and dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the district

court. Board of Trustees Masters Mates & Pilots Pension Plan v.

Carney, No. 1:13-cv-01005-WMN (D. Md. Dec. 3, 2013; Mar. 11,

2014). 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.

DISMISSED

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