UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-2437
LUTHER C. EDMONDS,
Appellant,
ELITE CHILD, INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SCHRODER CHESAPEAKE, INCORPORATED, t/a Green-
brier Mall; E. PRESTON GRISSOM, individually
and in his capacity of Judge, Judicial Circuit
of Virginia, Circuit Court of the City of
Chesapeake,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 00-1228
SHERRY D. BATTLE,
Appellant,
ELITE CHILD, INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SCHRODER CHESAPEAKE, INCORPORATED, t/a Green-
brier Mall; E. PRESTON GRISSOM, individually
and in his capacity of Judge, Judicial Circuit
of Virginia, Circuit Court of the City of
Chesapeake,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Richard L. Williams, Senior District
Judge. (CA-98-488-2)
Submitted: June 15, 2000 Decided: June 20, 2000
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Cir-
cuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Barry Ray Taylor, SCIALDONE & TAYLOR, INC., Virginia Beach, Vir-
ginia, for Appellants; Sherry D. Battle, Appellant Pro Se. Alan
Brody Rashkind, FURNISS, DAVIS, RASHKIND & SAUNDERS, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia; Edward Meade Macon, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Luther C. Edmonds, Sherri D. Battle, and Elite Child, Inc.,
appeal the district court’s orders awarding sanctions and attorneys
fees and enjoining Appellants from filing other federal lawsuits
against Virginia state court judges absent authorization from a
federal judge. We have reviewed the record and the district
court’s orders and find that the district court did not abuse its
discretion. See Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp., 496 U.S. 384,
400-02 (1990). Accordingly, we affirm. 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
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