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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1558

STEPHEN THOMAS YELVERTON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

YELVERTON FARMS, LTD.; PHYLLIS Y. EDMUNDSON,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:14-cv-00365-FL)

Submitted: October 30, 2015 Decided: November 23, 2015

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stephen Thomas Yelverton, Appellant Pro Se. John C. Bircher, 

III, WHITE & ALLEN, PA, New Bern, North Carolina; John Pierce 

Marshall, Matthew Scott Sullivan, WHITE & ALLEN, PA, Kinston, 

North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Stephen Thomas Yelverton appeals from the district court’s 

orders dismissing his complaint against Yelverton Farms, Ltd., 

and Phyllis Y. Edmundson for lack of standing and for failure to 

state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and denying his 

motion for reconsideration and for leave to amend the complaint. 

We have reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on 

appeal, and we find no reversible error. Accordingly, we grant 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm for the reasons 

stated by the district court. Yelverton v. Yelverton Farms, 

Ltd., No. 5:14-cv-00365-FL (E.D.N.C. Feb. 26, 2015; Apr. 22, 

2015). We deny Yelverton’s motion to remand the case, and we 

deny his motion for leave to file a supplemental brief 

addressing issues he intends to present on appeal from an order 

entered in a separate case in the district court. 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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