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Parties Involved:
John Marvin Ballard
Appellant
Amy Phenix
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6329

JOHN MARVIN BALLARD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

AMY PHENIX,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, 

Senior District Judge. (5:13-ct-03256-H)

Submitted: May 21, 2015 Decided: May 27, 2015

Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed as modified by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Marvin Ballard, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Patrick Edgerton, 

Francis Lachicotte Zemp, Jr., ROBERTS & STEVENS, PA, Asheville, 

North Carolina, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

John Marvin Ballard appeals the district court’s order 

granting Defendant’s motion to dismiss his diversity action 

alleging claims of libel, slander, invasion of privacy, and 

intentional infliction of emotional distress. We have reviewed 

the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, although 

we modify the dismissal order to reflect that the dismissal is 

without prejudice, see S. Walk at Broadlands Homeowner’s Ass’n, 

Inc. v. OpenBand at Broadlands, LLC, 713 F.3d 175, 185 & n.4 

(4th Cir. 2013), we affirm the dismissal as modified. Ballard 

v. Phenix, No. 5:13-ct-03256-H (E.D.N.C. Feb. 3, 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 AS MODIFIED

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