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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-1655

MARIE THERESE ASSA’AD-FALTAS, on behalf of herself and the class she 

represents,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

SORAYA F. FARES,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA; 

CAROL NANCE,

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 19-1662

MARIE THERESE ASSA’AD-FALTAS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

SORAYA F. FARES,

Plaintiff,

v.

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U. S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; THOMAS P. 

FISCHER, Former District Director, U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; 

UNNAMED IMMIGRATION EMPLOYEES, in their official capacity,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

JOAN M. ALTEKRUSE, in her individual capacity,

Defendant.

No. 19-1663

MARIE THERESE ASSA’AD-FALTAS, a/k/a Doctor Faltas, MD, MPH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA; CAROL NANCE, in her individual and 

official capacities; BOBBY GIST, in his individual capacity; DAVID SHERIDAN, 

in his individual capacity; PATRICK BARRESI, in his individual capacity; JUDY 

WEEKS, in her individual capacity; J. O’NEAL HUMPHRIES, in his individual 

capacity; LAWRENCE DARK, in his individual capacity; JOAN M. ALTEKRUSE, 

in her individual capacity; ERNEST ALTEKRUSE, in his individual capacity; 

RICHARD CRESWICK, in his individual capacity; THE LAW FIRM OF NEXSEN, 

PRUET, JACOBS & POLLARD, LLP, in its corporate capacity; VICTORIA 

ESLINGER, in her individual capacity; SUSAN MCWILLIAMS, in her individual 

capacity; JOHN TRUSSELL, in his individual capacity; EDWARD TURBEVILLE, 

in his individual capacity,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

RANDALL MEADS CHASTAIN, in his individual capacity; THE STATE 

NEWSPAPER, in its corporate capacity; KATHERINE GRAY, individually and as 

agent of the State Newspaper; CLAUDIA SMITH BRINSON, individually and as 

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agent of the State Newspaper; PATRICK BLANCHAT, individually and as agent of 

the State Newspaper; THOMAS MCLEAN, individually and as agent of the State 

Newspaper; WILLIAM RHONE, individually and as agent of the State Newspaper; 

CHRIS RILEY; UNKNOWN NAMED DEFENDANTS,

Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at 

Columbia. Terry L. Wooten, Senior District Judge. (3:94-cv-01578-TLW; 3:93-cv-03303-

TLW; 3:95-cv-01521-TLW)

Submitted: December 19, 2019 Decided: December 23, 2019

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Marie Therese Assa’ad-Faltas, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Lindemann, LINDEMANN, 

DAVIS & HUGHES, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee University of South 

Carolina.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated cases, Marie Therese Assa’ad-Faltas appeals the district 

court’s orders denying as untimely her Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motions to reopen the 

respective underlying district court actions, as well as the court’s orders denying her 

subsequently filed Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motions and motions to reassign. We have 

reviewed the records in the underlying federal actions and discern no error. We thus affirm 

the district court’s various orders for the reasons stated by the district court. See Assa’adFaltas v. Univ. of S. C., No. 3:94-cv-01578-TLW (D.S.C. April 14, 2019 & May 17, 2019); 

Assa’ad-Faltas v. U. S. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., No. 3:93-cv-03303-TLW 

(D.S.C. April 14, 2019 & May 17, 2019); and Assa’ad-Faltas v. Attorney Gen. of Va., No. 

3:95-cv-01521-TLW (D.S.C. April 14, 2019 & May 17, 2019). We deny all pending 

motions in these appeals. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal 

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process. 

AFFIRMED

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