UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1084
ISIDORO RODRIGUEZ,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
HFP INCORPORATED, General Partner; IOTA
PARTNERS; EDRIS E. HARBESTON; JACK HARBESTON;
JEROME BARRON,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
ARMADA COMPANY, General Partner; SEA SEARCH
ARMADA; DOE ENTITIES 1-6; MURDOCK & COMPANY;
DAVE LAROCQUE; DON MIDDLEBROOK; ED CARPENTER;
DANILO DEVIS PEREIRA; JOHN DOES, 1-10,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (CA-02-1523-A)
Submitted: September 8, 2003 Decided: October 10, 2003
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Isidoro Rodriguez, LAW OFFICES OF RODRIGUEZ & SIBLEY, Alexandria,
Virginia, for Appellant. R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., PLEDGER & FEORD,
P.L.C., McLean, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Isidoro Rodriguez appeals the district court order dismissing
his complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. We review de novo
the district court’s legal conclusions concerning personal
jurisdiction. To the extent that the district court’s conclusions
are based on findings of fact, however, such findings should not be
disturbed unless clearly erroneous. Mylan Lab., Inc. v. Akzo,
N.V., 2 F.3d 56, 60 (4th Cir. 1993). Rodriguez bears the burden of
showing by a preponderance of the evidence that jurisdiction
existed. In re Celotex Corp., 124 F.3d 619, 628 (4th Cir. 1997).
We have reviewed the record and the district court’s findings
and legal conclusions and find no error. 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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