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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2204

EMMANUEL EDOKOBI,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

M & M MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC.; JUAN GONZALEZ; MORTGAGE 

SPECIALIST, INC.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Paul W. Grimm, District Judge. (8:13-

cv-03707-PWG)

Submitted: March 17, 2015 Decided: March 19, 2015

Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Emmanuel Edokobi, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen James Marshall, 

Andrew Thor Stephenson, FRANKLIN & PROKOPIK, Baltimore, 

Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Emmanuel Edokobi appeals the district court’s order 

granting the motion to dismiss filed by M & M Mortgage Services, 

Inc., and Juan Gonzalez and dismissing his complaint against all 

Defendants as barred by the doctrine of res judicata.∗

 We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, 

we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Edokobi 

v. M & M Mortg. Servs., Inc., No. 8:13-cv-03707-PWG (D. Md. Oct. 

22, 2014). 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

 ∗ Although the prefiling injunction determination remains 

pending in the district court, it appears that the district 

court has completed its consideration of the merits of this case 

based on its dismissal of Edokobi’s claims. See Ray Haluch 

Gravel Co. v. Cent. Pension Fund of the Int’l Union of Operating 

Eng’rs & Participating Emp’rs, 134 S. Ct. 773, 779 (2014)

(holding pending motion for attorney’s fees collateral to merits 

for finality purposes). We therefore conclude that the district 

court’s order dismissing Edokobi’s complaint as barred by res 

judicata is final and appealable. 

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