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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2075

MARIE THERESE ASSA’AD-FALTAS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SARA HEATHER SAVITZ WEISS, individually for damages and for 

qui tam recovery; THE MCANGUS, GOUDELOCK & COURIE LAW FIRM, 

in its corporate capacity for damages and for qui tam 

recovery; JOHN ANDREW DELANEY, individually for damages and 

for qui tam recovery; STERLING DAVIES, individually for 

damages and for qui tam recovery; JEANNETTE MCBRIDE, 

officially as RC’s Clerk of Court for injunctive relief and 

individually for damages; COLUMBIA SC, THE CITY OF, for 

injunctive and declaratory relief and for qui tam recovery; 

CITY OF COLUMBIA SC POLICE DEPARTMENT, (CPD) for injunctive 

and declaratory relief and for qui tam recovery; FNU BURKE, 

CPD former Chiefs and Acting Chiefs, individually for 

damages and for qui tam recovery; RANDY SCOTT, CPD former 

Chiefs and Acting Chiefs, individually for damages and for 

qui tam recovery; RUBEN SANTIAGO, CPD former Chiefs and 

Acting Chiefs, individually for damages and for qui tam 

recovery; JULIE ASHMORE, Present or former CPD Officers, 

individually for damages and for qui tam recovery; GEORGE 

MCSWAIN, Present or former CPD Officers, individually for 

damages and for qui tam recovery; BARNEY GIESE, Former SC 

5th Judicial Solicitors, individually for damages and for 

qui tam recovery; JOHN MEADORS, Former SC 5th Judicial 

Solicitors, individually for damages and for qui tam 

recovery; DINAH GAIL STEELE, individually for damages; LARRY 

WAYNE MASON; MARK KEEL, as Chief of SC’s Law Enforcement 

Division (SLED), solely officially and solely for injunctive 

and declaratory relief; DANIEL JOHNSON, as SC’s Fifth 

Judicial Circuit’s Solicitor, solely officially and solely 

for injunctive and declaratory relief and for qui tam 

recovery; GARY WATTS, as Coroner for Richland County, SC, 

solely officially and solely for injunctive and declaratory 

relief and for qui tam recovery; WILLIAM NETTLES, as US 

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Attorney for the District of South Carolina (DSC), solely 

officially and solely for injunctive and declaratory relief; 

STEVEN BENJAMIN, as Mayor; ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF 

COLUMBIA COUNCIL; TERESA WILSON, manager for the City; and

all their subordinates and agents who intend to injure 

plaintiff; all solely officially and solely for injunctive 

and declaratory relief and for qui tam recovery; ROBERT 

ELDON HOOD, as Current SC’s Fifth Judicial Circuit’s 

Administrative Judge for General Sessions, solely officially 

and solely for injunctive if declaratory relief is 

unavailable or for declaratory relief if available,

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-2458

MARIE THERESE ASSA’AD-FALTAS,

Plaintiff- Appellant,

v.

SARA HEATHER SAVITZ WEISS; JOHN MEADORS; BARNEY GIESE, all 

three individually for damages arising from malicious 

prosecution and for qui tam recovery; BARBARA JEAN BURNS, 

f/k/a Popowski; MARION ONEIDA HANNA, both individually for 

damages for torts arising from their non-judicial acts and 

for qui tam recovery; GINGLIAT, BETTIS AND SAVITZ LAW FIRM, 

THE; MCANGUS, GOUDELOCK & COURIE LAW FIRM, THE, (MG&C) both 

firms for damages arising from conspiracies and for qui tam 

recovery; JOHN ANDREW DELANEY; STERLING DAVIES; BRETT BAYNE, 

all three individually for damages arising from conspiracies 

and other torts and for qui tam recovery; KEN GAINES; ROBERT 

G. COOPER; DANA M. THYE; DAVID A. FERNANDEZ, all four 

individually for damages arising from malicious prosecution 

and conspiracies and for qui tam recovery; SOUTH CAROLINA, 

THE STATE OF, (SC); SC GENERAL ASSEMBLY; SC JUDICIAL MERIT 

SELECTIONS COMMISSION, (JMSC) all three entities solely for 

injunctive and declaratory relief; COLUMBIA SC, THE CITY OF, 

(“The City”); COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, (CPD), both 

entities for injunctive and declaratory relief, for damages 

and for qui tam recovery; GARY JOHNSON; JOHN K. PASSMORE; 

AMANDA H. LONG BRANHAM; DEBBIE JORDAN; AMANDA STAR BLANTON, 

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all five individually for damages from malicious prosecution 

and for qui tam recovery; CARL E. BURKE, Former Acting CPD 

Chief; RUBEN SANTIAGO, Former Acting CPD Chief; TANDY 

CARTER, former CPD Chief; all three individually for damages 

arising from gross negligence and for qui tam recovery; 

CAPTAIN HENDRIX, Present or former CPD Captain; CAPTAIN 

THORNTON, Present or former CPD Captain; LIEUTENANT BUTZER; 

LIEUTENANT EVANS; LIEUTENANT GIBSON; LIEUTENANT SHARPE; 

LIEUTENANT SMITH; LIEUTENANT YATES; SERGEANT AULD; SERGEANT 

DRAFTS; SERGEANT GUNTHER; SERGEANT SANDERS; CORPORAL 

BRANHAM; CORPORAL BELL; CORPORAL CALDWELL; CORPORAL GOMEZRIEVERA; INVESTIGATOR BRIAN; INVESTIGATOR BAILEY; 

INVESTIGATOR NAREWSKI; OFFICER ASHMORE; OFFICER BROWN; 

OFFICER DEJESUS; OFFICER GIRARD; OFFICER KELSON; OFFICER 

MCSWAIN; OFFICER MEDLOCK; OFFICER WHITE, all twenty-seven 

individually for damages; DAVID ROSS, officially as head of 

SC’s Prosecution Commission; JEANETTE MCBRIDE, officially as 

Richland County’s, SC, (“RC”) Clerk of Court, both for 

injunctive and declaratory relief and for qui tam recovery; 

DINAH GAIL STEELE; LARRY WAYNE MASON; WENDY CEO; CHARLENE 

CROUCH; COREY CURRY; TERESA INGRAM; JOHN MITCHEL JONES, 

(“Mitch”); TIFFANY LURKE; CHRISTOPHER JAMES MASON; RICHARD 

WAYNE MASON; WILLIAM TETTERTON; ALDEN HOLLIS WHEELER; JOHN 

DOE; JANE ROE, all fourteen individually for damages; DANA 

TURNER, falsely bearing a title of Chief Administrative 

Judge of the City’s Municipal Court (CMC) individually for 

damages and officially for injunctive and declaratory relief 

and qui tam recovery; NIMRATA R. HALEY, as SC’s Governor; 

ALAN WILSON, as SC’s Attorney General; HENRY MCMASTER, as 

SC’s Lieutenant Governor; JOHN COURSON, as President pro 

tempore of SC’s Senate; JAY LUCAS, as Speaker of SC’s House 

of Representatives; JEAN TOAL, as administrative head of all 

SC’s state courts; DANIEL SHEAROUSE, as Clerk of SC’s 

Supreme Court; JENNY KITCHENS, as Clerk of SC’s Court of 

Appeals; MARK KEEL, as Chief of SC’s State Law Enforcement 

Division (SLED); LEROY SMITH, as Head of SC’s Department of 

Public Safety; LEON LOTT, as RC Sheriff; WARDEN OF ALVIN S 

GLENN DETENTION CENTER, (ASGDC); DANIEL JOHNSON, as SC’s 

Fifth Judicial Circuit’s Solicitor; GARY WATTS, as Coroner 

for Richland County, SC; ROBERT ELDON HOOD, as Current SC’s 

Fifth Judicial Circuits Administrative Judge for General 

Sessions; LESLIE COGGIOLA, as SC’s Disciplinary Counsel; 

ROSLYNN FRIERSON, as Director of SC’s Office of Court 

Administration; WILLIAM NETTLES, as U.S. Attorney for the 

District of South Carolina; STEVEN BENJAMIN, as Mayor and 

the other six members of the City Council; TERESA WILSON, 

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manager for the City; all twenty-six solely officially and 

solely for injunctive and declaratory relief,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District 

of South Carolina, at Columbia. Terry L. Wooten, Chief District 

Judge. (3:15-cv-01784-TLW; 3:15-cv-03186-TLW)

Submitted: April 21, 2016 Decided: April 25, 2016

Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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

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 accepting the magistrate 

judge’s recommendations to dismiss her claims after a 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915 (2012) review. We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Assa’ad-Faltas’ motions 

for appointment of counsel and affirm the district court’s 

judgments. Assa’ad-Faltas v. Weiss, No. 3:15-cv-01784-TLW 

(D.S.C. filed July 23, 2015, entered July 24, 2015); Assa’adFaltas v. Weiss, No. 3:15-cv-03186-TLW (D.S.C. Sept. 16, 2015). 

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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