Angela Basham v. Midland Funding LLC

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 22-1931 ___________________________

Angela Basham

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Midland Funding LLC; Gamache & Myers, P.C.; Midland Credit Management, Inc.

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: December 29, 2022 Filed: January 6, 2023 [Unpublished] ____________

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Angela Basham appeals the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment to three companies she accused of harassing her while trying to collect credit-card

1 The Honorable Catherine D. Perry, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. debts. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that there are no material facts in dispute and the debt collectors are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. 2 See Odom v. Kaizer, 864 F.3d 920, 921 (8th Cir. 2017) (reviewing a grant of summary judgment de novo); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1) (instructing parties to cite “materials in the record” when trying to show that a fact is “genuinely disputed” at the summary-judgment stage). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

2 We also deny Basham’s motion to appoint appellate counsel. -2-