Snyder-Falkinham v. Stockburger

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 18, 2002
• Docket: 02-1762
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-1762

GEORGIA ANNE SNYDER-FALKINHAM,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

BRUCE C. STOCKBURGER; GENTRY, LOCKE, RAKES & MOORE, a Virginia General Partnership, and its individual partners; S.D. ROBERTS MOORE; WILLIAM R. RAKES; JAMES R. AUSTIN; CHARLES L. WILLIAMS, JR.; EUGENE E. DERRYBERRY; WILLIAM J. CREECH, JR.; JAMES C. JOYCE, JR.; LINDA DAVIS FRITH; W. DAVID PAXTON; W. WILLIAM GUST; GUY M. HARBERT, III; DAVID G. WEAVER; FRANK B. MILLER, III; SANDS, ANDERSON, MARKS AND MILLER, P.C., a Virginia Professional Corporation; WHARTON, ALDHIZER & WEAVER, a Virginia Professional Limited Liability Corporation; CHARLOTTE M. HODGES, Executor of the Estate of Ronald M. Hodges, deceased,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

RONALD D. HODGES,

Defendant. No. 02-1763

In Re: JOSEPH L. ANTHONY,

Appellant.

GEORGIA ANN SNYDER-FALKINHAM,

Plaintiff,

BRUCE C. STOCKBURGER; GENTRY, LOCKE, RAKES & MOORE, a Virginia General Partnership, and its individual partners; S.D. ROBERTS MOORE; WILLIAM R. RAKES; JAMES R. AUSTIN; CHARLES L. WILLIAMS, JR.; EUGENE E. DERRYBERRY; WILLIAM J. CREECH, JR.; JAMES C. JOYCE, JR.; LINDA DAVIS FRITH; W. DAVID PAXTON; W. WILLIAM GUST; GUY M. HARBERT, III; DAVID G. WEAVER; FRANK B. MILLER, III; SANDS, ANDERSON, MARKS AND MILLER, P.C., a Virginia Professional Corporation; WHARTON, ALDHIZER & WEAVER, a Virginia Professional Limited Liability Corporation; CHARLOTTE M. HODGES, Executor of the Estate of Ronald M. Hodges, deceased,

Defendant.

2 Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, Chief District Judge; William L. Osteen, District Judge, sitting by designation. (CA-96-83-7-R)

Submitted: November 27, 2002 Decided: December 18, 2002

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Georgia Anne Snyder-Falkinham, Joseph L. Anthony, Appellants Pro Se. William W. Eskridge, PENN, STUART & ESKRIDGE, Abingdon, Virginia; J. Jonathan Schraub, McLean, Virginia; John Dickens Eure, James Ferrell Johnson, JOHNSON, AYERS & MATTHEWS, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

3 PER CURIAM:

Georgia Anne Snyder-Falkinham and Joseph L. Anthony appeal the

district court’s order dismissing Snyder-Falkinham’s 42 U.S.C. §

1983 (2000) complaint, and the orders imposing sanctions and costs

to the Defendants.* We have reviewed the record and the district

court’s opinions and orders and find no reversible error. We have

reviewed the delay in entering orders imposing sanctions and costs,

and although we find the delay lengthy and unexplained, we can

ascertain no harm. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the

district court. See Snyder-Falkinham v. Stockburger, No. CA-96-83-

7-R (W.D. Va. filed Jun. 7, 2002, entered Jun. 10, 2002; filed Aug.

29, 1996, entered Aug. 30, 1996). We dispense with oral argument

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

the materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

* To the extent that Anthony seeks to appeal the judgment in the § 1983 action, or the district court’s factual findings underlying that judgment, he lacks standing to do so because he was not a party to the § 1983 action.