Filed: June 26, 2014 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-2366

(1:13-cv-00387-JCC-JFA)

LUZ DENISE NEGRON-BENNETT; SALIM BENNETT,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

and

SALIM A. BENNETT,

v.

JASON LEE MCCANDLESS, in his individual and official 

capacities; ARLINGTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT; JAQUE L. TUCK, in 

her individual and official capacities; RENEE ANDREA 

PERRIER, in her individual and official capacities; SHERRI 

BROTHERS, in her individual and official capacities; SARAH 

GORTENBURG, in her individual and official capacities; 

MARJORIE BROWN, in her individual and official capacities; 

LAKEISHA FLORES, in her individual and official capacities; 

VALERIE CUFFEE, in her individual and official capacities; 

TABATHA KELLY, in her individual and official capacities; 

HEATHER CARTER-STOWE, in her individual and official 

capacities; SUSANNE EISNER, in her individual and official 

capacities; JONNISE CONANAN, in her individual and official 

capacities; ARA TRAMBLIAN, in his individual and official 

capacities; STEPHEN MACISAAC, in his individual and official 

capacities; MOLLY HUTZELL NEWTON, in her individual and 

official capacities; FRANK FRIO, in his individual and 

official capacities; THEOPHANI STAMOS, in his individual and 

official capacities; RICHARD TRODDEN, in his individual and 

official capacities; ELISEO PILCO, in his individual and 

official capacities; JOSEPH HAGGERTY, in his individual and 

official capacities; MICHELE SAUPP, in her individual and 

official capacities; JOHN BAMFORD, in his individual and 

official capacities; BRYNN BENNETT, in his individual and 

official capacities; BRYAN ADAMS, in his individual and 

official capacities; DANIEL SMALDORE, in his individual and 

official capacities; KIMBERLY SWEENEY, in her individual and 
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official capacities; JEREMY STRITZINGER, in his individual 

and official capacities; M. DOUGLAS SCOTT, in his individual 

and official capacities; JOANNE HAMILTON, in her individual 

and official capacities; CHARLES ATAKORA; ALISSA GREEN, in 

her individual and official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

ARLINGTON COUNTY OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY; ARLINGTON 

COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE; ARLINGTON COUNTY 

POLICE DEPARTMENT; ARLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN 

SERVICES; TAMMEE ALSUP GAYMON, in her individual and 

official capacities; ALYSSA GREEN, in her individual and 

official capacities; LAURA RAGGINS, in her individual and 

official capacities; DR. STEPHANIE TEBOR, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, other unknown employees 

and supervisors of said employees and above named employees 

with the Arlington County Children DHS, in his individual 

and official capacities; JANE DOE, other unknown employees 

and supervisors of said employees and above named employees 

with the Arlington County Children DHS, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Attorney’s Office, in his individual 

and official capacities; JANE DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Attorney’s Office, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, Assistant Commonwealth 

Attorney, in his/her individual and official capacities; 

JOHN DOE, unknown employees and supervisors of said 

employees and above named employees with the Arlington 

County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office, in his individual and 

official capacities; JANE DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office, in her 

individual and official capacities; CHARLES ATAKORD, in his 

individual and official capacities; WILSON MEYER, in his 

individual and official capacities; ROBERT ICOLARI, in his 

individual and official capacities; JOHN DOE, Supervisors 

and Supervisors of above named Officers are other unknown 

Officers with the Arlington County Police Department, in 

his/her individual and official capacities; JOHN DOE, other 

unknown employees and supervisors of said employees and 

above named employees with the Arlington County, in his/her 

individual and official capacities; JANE DOE, other unknown 
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employees and supervisors of said employees and above named 

employees with the Arlington County, in his/her individual 

and official capacities,

Defendants.

O R D E R

The Court amends its opinion filed May 28, 2014, as 

follows:

On page 4, second line of text – the word “without” is 

corrected to read “with.”

For the Court – By Direction

/s/ Patricia S. Connor

Clerk
UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-2366

LUZ DENISE NEGRON-BENNETT; SALIM BENNETT,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

and

SALIM A. BENNETT,

v.

JASON LEE MCCANDLESS, in his individual and official 

capacities; ARLINGTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT; JAQUE L. TUCK, in 

her individual and official capacities; RENEE ANDREA 

PERRIER, in her individual and official capacities; SHERRI 

BROTHERS, in her individual and official capacities; SARAH 

GORTENBURG, in her individual and official capacities; 

MARJORIE BROWN, in her individual and official capacities; 

LAKEISHA FLORES, in her individual and official capacities; 

VALERIE CUFFEE, in her individual and official capacities; 

TABATHA KELLY, in her individual and official capacities; 

HEATHER CARTER-STOWE, in her individual and official 

capacities; SUSANNE EISNER, in her individual and official 

capacities; JONNISE CONANAN, in her individual and official 

capacities; ARA TRAMBLIAN, in his individual and official 

capacities; STEPHEN MACISAAC, in his individual and official 

capacities; MOLLY HUTZELL NEWTON, in her individual and 

official capacities; FRANK FRIO, in his individual and 

official capacities; THEOPHANI STAMOS, in his individual and 

official capacities; RICHARD TRODDEN, in his individual and 

official capacities; ELISEO PILCO, in his individual and 

official capacities; JOSEPH HAGGERTY, in his individual and 

official capacities; MICHELE SAUPP, in her individual and 

official capacities; JOHN BAMFORD, in his individual and 

official capacities; BRYNN BENNETT, in his individual and 

official capacities; BRYAN ADAMS, in his individual and 

official capacities; DANIEL SMALDORE, in his individual and 

official capacities; KIMBERLY SWEENEY, in her individual and 

official capacities; JEREMY STRITZINGER, in his individual 
2

and official capacities; M. DOUGLAS SCOTT, in his individual 

and official capacities; JOANNE HAMILTON, in her individual 

and official capacities; CHARLES ATAKORA; ALISSA GREEN, in 

her individual and official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

ARLINGTON COUNTY OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY; ARLINGTON 

COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE; ARLINGTON COUNTY 

POLICE DEPARTMENT; ARLINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN 

SERVICES; TAMMEE ALSUP GAYMON, in her individual and 

official capacities; ALYSSA GREEN, in her individual and 

official capacities; LAURA RAGGINS, in her individual and 

official capacities; DR. STEPHANIE TEBOR, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, other unknown employees 

and supervisors of said employees and above named employees 

with the Arlington County Children DHS, in his individual 

and official capacities; JANE DOE, other unknown employees 

and supervisors of said employees and above named employees 

with the Arlington County Children DHS, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Attorney’s Office, in his individual 

and official capacities; JANE DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Attorney’s Office, in her individual 

and official capacities; JOHN DOE, Assistant Commonwealth 

Attorney, in his/her individual and official capacities; 

JOHN DOE, unknown employees and supervisors of said 

employees and above named employees with the Arlington 

County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office, in his individual and 

official capacities; JANE DOE, unknown employees and 

supervisors of said employees and above named employees with 

the Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office, in her 

individual and official capacities; CHARLES ATAKORD, in his 

individual and official capacities; WILSON MEYER, in his 

individual and official capacities; ROBERT ICOLARI, in his 

individual and official capacities; JOHN DOE, Supervisors 

and Supervisors of above named Officers are other unknown 

Officers with the Arlington County Police Department, in 

his/her individual and official capacities; JOHN DOE, other 

unknown employees and supervisors of said employees and 

above named employees with the Arlington County, in his/her 

individual and official capacities; JANE DOE, other unknown 

employees and supervisors of said employees and above named 
3

employees with the Arlington County, in his/her individual 

and official capacities,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior 

District Judge. (1:13-cv-00387-JCC-JFA)

Submitted: May 22, 2014 Decided: May 28, 2014 

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Luz Denise Negron-Bennett; Salim A. Bennett, Appellants Pro Se. 

Susan Dudley Stout, COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Arlington, 

Virginia; John J. Brandt, Eric Patrick Burns, WILSON ELSER 

MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

Luz Denise Negron-Bennett and her husband, Salim A. 

Bennett, appeal the district court’s order dismissing with 

prejudice their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action for noncompliance 

with the court’s earlier order instructing them to particularize 

their complaint. Here, the plaintiffs failed to particularize 

their inscrutable complaint, as thoroughly directed by the 

district court, which also warned them that failure to comply

with its order could result in dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

41(b). We review a district court’s dismissal under Rule 41(b) 

for abuse of discretion. Ballard v. Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 95–96 

(4th Cir. 1989). We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, No. 1:13-

cv-00387-JCC-JFA (E.D. Va. Oct. 8, 2013). 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