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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1148

LINDA GROOMS, Administratrix of the Estate of John Grooms, 

Sr., deceased,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL 

CENTER; COLUMBIA/HCA JOHN RANDOLPH, INC.; VAN GO, INC.,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., 

District Judge. (3:14-cv-00849-JAG)

Submitted: August 23, 2016 Decided: August 31, 2016

Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Linda Grooms, Appellant Pro Se. Margaret Harker, OFFICE OF THE 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Tracy Taylor Hague, 

LECLAIR RYAN, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Janeen Beth Koch, 

KALBAUGH, PFUND & MESSERSMITH, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Linda Grooms appeals the district court’s order dismissing 

her civil action. We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. Grooms v. Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans 

Admin. Med. Ctr., No. 3:14-cv-00849-JAG (E.D. Va. Jan. 11, 

2016); see also Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-20.1 (2015). We deny 

Grooms’ motions to amend caption and to appoint counsel as moot. 

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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