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Parties Involved:
Big Apple Deli, LLC
Appellee
Bruce R. Derrick
Appellee
James C. Martin
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2578

JAMES C. MARTIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BIG APPLE DELI, LLC, trading as Crabapples Delicatessen; 

BRUCE R. DERRICK, individual, trading as Crabapples 

Delicatessen,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. George L. Russell, III, District Judge. 

(1:14-cv-03042-GLR)

Submitted: November 18, 2016 Decided: November 28, 2016

Before SHEDD, AGEE, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed as modified by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brennan C. McCarthy, BRENNAN MCCARTHY & ASSOCIATES, Annapolis, 

Maryland, for Appellant. Richard W. Evans, Amy Leete Leone, 

MCCARTHY WILSON, LLP, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

James C. Martin appeals from the district court’s order 

granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss his civil action pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(5) for insufficient service of process. 

We have reviewed the record and find no abuse of discretion in 

the district court’s decision to dismiss the complaint. See

Cardenas v. City of Chi., 646 F.3d 1001, 1005 (7th Cir. 2011) 

(stating standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. Martin v. Big Apple Deli, 

LLC, No. 1:14-cv-03042-GLR (D. Md. Nov. 19, 2015). However, 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m), we modify the district court’s 

order to a dismissal without prejudice. 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 AS MODIFIED

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