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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UNPUBLISHED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. 07-1465

MARY J. SWEETING, individually and as

administrator of the estate of Glenn J.

Sweeting,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

LARISSE COWARD, individually and on behalf of

K.C., a minor (DOB 2000); NICOLE JENNINGS,

individually and on behalf of G.S., a minor

(DOB 2000); TABATHA LESTER, individually and

on behalf of K.L., a minor (DOB 1997); ANGELA

WINSTON, individually and on behalf of K.W., a

minor (DOB 1998); MAXINE TIMBERLAKE,

individually and on behalf of S.S., a minor

(DOB 1990),

Plaintiffs,

versus

ROBERT COOK, Special Agent, Richmond FBI,

individually and in his official capacity;

GARY F. JENNINGS, Special Agent, Richmond FBI,

individually and in his official capacity;

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; MARK SYKES, Squad 3

Supervisor, Richmond FBI, individually and in

his official capacity; FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION; CHESTERFIELD COUNTY POLICE

DEPARTMENT; WILLIAM GORMLEY, Medical

Examiner’s Office, individually and in his

official capacity,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

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JOHN DOE, FBI Agents, individually and in

their official capacities; JANE DOE, FBI

Agents, individually and in their official

capacities; DONALD W. THOMPSON, JR., Special

Agent in Charge, Richmond FBI, individually

and in his official capacity; JOHN DOE,

individually and in their official capacities;

JANE DOE, individually and in their official

capacities,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief

District Judge. (3:06-cv-00332-JRS)

Submitted: October 31, 2007 Decided: December 28, 2007

Before MICHAEL, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mary J. Sweeting, Appellant Pro Se. Debra Jean Prillaman,

Assistant United States Attorney, Robert P. McIntosh, OFFICE OF THE

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Steven Latham Micas,

County Attorney, David Wayne Robinson, COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,

Chesterfield, Virginia; Howard Martin Casway, Assistant Attorney

General, David Edward Johnson, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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We are precluded from reviewing claims or arguments not

presented before us for review. 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Thus, to the

extent Sweeting may have had a potentially viable claim not

presented to this court, review of such a claim is deemed waived.

Id. To the extent Sweeting seeks to raise issues for the first

time on appeal, we decline to consider such claims. See Muth v.

United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993). Sweeting’s claim

regarding the Appellees’ alleged failure to notify her of her son’s

death is without merit for the same reasons relied upon by the

district court in dismissing the rest of Sweeting’s complaint.

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PER CURIAM:

Mary J. Sweeting appeals the district court’s order

dismissing her civil complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b).

We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm substantially on the reasoning of the

district court.* Sweeting v. Cook, No. 3:06-cv-00332-JRS (E.D. Va.

Mar. 14 & 22, 2007). 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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