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Parties Involved:
Boat People S.O.S., Incorporated
Appellee
Committee for Religious Freedom in Vietnam, Incorporated
Appellee
Dai Chung News Media, Incorporated

Thi Ngo Hien
Appellee
Thanh Hoai
Appellant
Ngoc Ngo Hung
Appellee
John Doe #1
Appellee
John Doe #2
Appellee
John Doe #3
Appellee
John Doe #4
Appellee
John Doe #5
Appellee
John Doe #6
Appellee
John Doe #7
Appellee
Le Phai, Incorporated
Appellee
Hong Thai Nguyen
Appellee
Thang Dinh Nguyen
Appellee
Registered Agent Boat People S.O.S., Incorporated
Appellee
Nghi Hoang Tran
Appellee
Vietnamese Public Radio, Incorporated
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1437

THANH HOAI, as an individual, as the owner of

an enterprise engaged in Interstate and

foreign commerce, as a member of the

Vietnamese speaking community in America, on

behalf of himself and others similarly

situated,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

DAI CHUNG NEWS MEDIA, INCORPORATED,

Plaintiff,

versus

THI NGO HIEN; NGOC NGO HUNG, VIETNAMESE PUBLIC

RADIO, INCORPORATED; COMMITTEE FOR RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM IN VIETNAM, INCORPORATED; HONG THAI

NGUYEN; THANG DINH NGUYEN; BOAT PEOPLE S.O.S.,

INCORPORATED; NGHI HOANG TRAN; LE PHAI,

INCORPORATED, dba Le Phai Newspaper; JOHN DOE

#1, Whose real name is presently unknown, but

who, under the pen name Le Minh Ngoc, writes

in the Le Phai weekly newspaper articles that

defame the plaintiffs and cast the plaintiffs

in a false light that are then broadcast on

the programs of defendant VPR; JOHN DOE #2,

Whose real name is presently unknown, but who,

under the pen name Le Tam, writes and

publishes articles on the website

internetyahoot/thaoluan that defame the

plaintiffs and cast them in a false light that

are then broadcast on defendant VPR’s program;

JOHN DOE #3, Whose real name is presently

unknown, but who broadcasts and hosts on VPR

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programs under the broadcast name of Huy Duc

matter the (sic) defames the plaintiffs and

casts them in false light in manner to stire

(sic) up members of audience and threats

include violence; JOHN DOE #4, Whose real name

is presently unknown, but who broadcasts and

hosts on VPR programs under the name Hoang Lan

matter that defames plaintiffs and casts them

in false light in manner to stir up audience

and threaten plaintiffs to include violence;

JOHN DOE #5, Whose real name is presently

unknown, but who broadcasts and hosts on VPR

programs under the name of Le Thi matter that

defames plaintiffs and casts them in false

light in manner to stir up audience and

threaten plaintiffs to include violence; JOHN

DOE #6, Whose real name is presently unknown,

but who broadcasts and hosts on VPR programs

under the name of Thanh Tin matter that

defames plaintiffs and casts them in false

light in manner to stir up audience and

threaten plaintiffs to include violence; JOHN

DOE #7, Whose real name is presently unknown,

but who broadcasts and hosts on VPR programs

under the name of Hong Hanh matter that

defames plaintiffs and casts them in false

light in manner to stir up audience and

threaten plaintiffs to include violence;

REGISTERED AGENT BOAT PEOPLE S.O.S.,

INCORPORATED,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Baltimore. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge.

(8:05-cv-03420-AW)

Submitted: November 30, 2007 Decided: January 7, 2008

Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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John David Hemenway, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Due Hau

Tran, Washington, D.C.; Hong Thai Nguyen, NGUYEN & ASSOCIATES, LLC,

Columbia, Maryland; Joseph Daniel Gallagher, William David Day,

GILL, SIPPEL & GALLAGHER, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Thanh Hoai appeals from the district court’s order

dismissing his civil complaint, which asserted claims under the

Federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act, 18 U.S.C.

§ 1964(c) (2000), as well as claims of “false light,” defamation,

malicious prosecution, and conspiracy to commit each of these. We

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district

court. Hoai v. Hien, No. 8:05-cv-03420-AW (D. Md. Mar. 28, 2007).

Hoai also asserts that the district court should have transferred

his state law claims to the state court to avoid having the statute

of limitations expire as to these claims. We find that transfer of

such claims was not necessary. See 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) (2000)

(tolling limitation period for claim asserted under supplemental

jurisdiction while case is pending in federal court and for a

period of thirty days after dismissal under § 1367). 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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