Mayberry v. Battles

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-2191 RORY MAYBERRY, United States ex rel.; ROBERT ISAKSON, United States ex rel., Plaintiffs – Appellants, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Party-in-Interest, v. MICHAEL BATTLES; SECURITY VENTURES INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED; DANUBIA GLOBAL, INCORPORATED; RICHARD LEVINSON; AMY CLARK; WINDMILL INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED; HANSFORD T. JOHNSON; DOUGLAS COMBS; SCOTT CUSTER, Defendants – Appellees, CUSTER BATTLES, LLC, Debtor – Appellee, and EMERGENT BUSINESS SERVICES; TARHEEL TRAINING, LLC; ROB ROY TRUMBLE; SALLYPORT GLOBAL HOLDING, LLC; JOSEPH MORRIS; JOHN DEBLASIO, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District Judge. (1:06-cv-00364-LO-TCB) Submitted: April 27, 2010 Decided: May 21, 2010 Before KING, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Victor Aronoff Kubli, KUBLI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Appellants. Craig Crandall Reilly, Alexandria, Virginia; Peter Barton Hutt, II, Duncan Stevens, AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Eugene Andrew Burcher, WALSH COLUCCI LUBELEY EMRICH & WALSH, PC, Prince William, Virginia; Scott Custer, Bradenton, Florida, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Rory Mayberry and Robert Isakson appeal the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, granting the motion for Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 sanctions, dismissing this action with prejudice, and awarding reasonable expenses and fees to Defendants. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court in its opinion from the bench. Mayberry v. Battles, No. 1:06-cv-00364-LO-TCB (E.D. Va. Oct. 10, 2008). 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 3