UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-2248

CRYSTAL VL RIVERS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; BILL TALBOTT; VIRGINIA STATE 

CORPORATION COMMISSION; BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP, 

INC., a/k/a Bank of the James; SELECT BANK FINANCIAL CORP; SELECT 

BANK; J. MICHAEL THOMAS; OLD DOMINION NATIONAL BANK; MARK 

MERRILL; KELLY POTTER; UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION, now 

Atlantic Union Bankshares; UNION BANK AND TRUST, now Atlantic Union 

Bank; successor of and formerly StellarOne Bank, formerly Planters Bank & Trust 

Company of Virginia; ADVANTAGE TITLE & CLOSING LLC; JENNIFER 

RICHARDSON; MATT FARISS; SHANA LESTER; RALPH BECK; S & R 

FARM, LLC; BBOYZ LLC; SERENITY ACRES FARM LLC; SETH ELI 

TWERY, VSB #20031; NORTHCREEK INC. NORTH CREEK 

CONSTRUCTION; DAVID EDMUNDSON; KELLY EDMUNDSON; SERENE 

CREEK RUN ASSOCIATION; TRAVIS BAKER; JENNIFER BAKER;

MICHAEL FRIEDMAN; LOREN FRIEDMAN; RICHARD ROGERS; BETH 

ROGERS; MATTHEW KRYCINSKI; SARAH KRYCINSKI; MICHAEL 

BRADBURY; HOWARD FREAR; BARBARA FREAR; WILLIAM FLUKER; 

MICHELLE FLUKER; MARGIE CALLAHAN; ROBERT BEACH; BRANCH 

BANKING & TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA; MARK DOUGLAS LOFTIS, 

VSB #79538; SAMEER PATEL, M.D., VSB #65811; SHERRI SACKETT; PETER 

C. SACKETT,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA; CITY OF 

LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA; KAREN DEER; MARYLOU PRILLIMAN; E. 

JOSEPH FACE, JR., Commissioner; ROBERT R. CHAPMAN, III; LIBERTY 

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UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED; LAURA J. WALLACE; LISA L. SCHENKEL, 

VSB #21521; SHERWOOD SUNDERLAND DAY, VSB #15128; FRANK W. 

MORRISON, VSB #07549; STEVEN R. GRANT, VSB #27178; TED COUNTS 

REALTY GROUP AND AUCTION CO INC.; FEDERAL BUREAU OF 

INVESTIGATION; IRS; ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA; STATE 

CORPORATION COMMISSION; BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; 

PRESCOTT H. GAY, SR., VSB #17727,

Defendants.

No. 21-2408

CRYSTAL VL RIVERS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; BILL TALBOTT; VIRGINIA STATE 

CORPORATION COMMISSION; BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP, 

INC., a/k/a Bank of the James; SELECT BANK FINANCIAL CORP; SELECT 

BANK; J. MICHAEL THOMAS; OLD DOMINION NATIONAL BANK; MARK 

MERRILL; KELLY POTTER; UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION, now 

Atlantic Union Bankshares; UNION BANK AND TRUST, now Atlantic Union 

Bank; successor of and formerly StellarOne Bank, formerly Planters Bank & Trust 

Company of Virginia; ADVANTAGE TITLE & CLOSING LLC; JENNIFER 

RICHARDSON; MATT FARISS; SHANA LESTER; RALPH BECK; S & R 

FARM, LLC; BBOYZ LLC; SERENITY ACRES FARM LLC; SETH ELI 

TWERY, VSB #20031; NORTHCREEK INC. NORTH CREEK 

CONSTRUCTION; DAVID EDMUNDSON; KELLY EDMUNDSON; SERENE 

CREEK RUN ASSOCIATION; TRAVIS BAKER; JENNIFER BAKER;

MICHAEL FRIEDMAN; LOREN FRIEDMAN; RICHARD ROGERS; BETH 

ROGERS; MATTHEW KRYCINSKI; SARAH KRYCINSKI; MICHAEL 

BRADBURY; HOWARD FREAR; BARBARA FREAR; WILLIAM FLUKER; 

MICHELLE FLUKER; MARGIE CALLAHAN; ROBERT BEACH; BRANCH 

BANKING & TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA; MARK DOUGLAS LOFTIS, 

VSB #79538; SAMEER PATEL, M.D., VSB #65811; SHERRI SACKETT; PETER 

C. SACKETT,

Defendants - Appellees,

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and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA; CITY OF 

LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA; KAREN DEER; MARYLOU PRILLIMAN; E. 

JOSEPH FACE, JR., Commissioner; ROBERT R. CHAPMAN, III; LIBERTY 

UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED; LAURA J. WALLACE; LISA L. SCHENKEL, 

VSB #21521; SHERWOOD SUNDERLAND DAY, VSB #15128; FRANK W. 

MORRISON, VSB #07549; STEVEN R. GRANT, VSB #27178; TED COUNTS 

REALTY GROUP AND AUCTION CO INC.; FEDERAL BUREAU OF 

INVESTIGATION; IRS; ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA; STATE 

CORPORATION COMMISSION; BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; 

PRESCOTT H. GAY, SR., VSB #17727,

Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at 

Lynchburg. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (6:18-cv-00061-EKD-JCH)

Submitted: March 29, 2023 Decided: May 9, 2023

Before WYNN and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Crystal VL Rivers, Appellant Pro Se. Elaine Duross McCafferty, WOODS ROGERS, 

PLC, Charlottesville, Virginia; Eric Daniel Chapman, COWANPERRY PC, Blacksburg, 

Virginia; J.P. McGuire Boyd, Jr., WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond, Virginia; Maurice 

Scott Fisher, Jr., HARMAN CLAYTOR CORRIGAN & WELLMAN, Glen Allen, 

Virginia; Edward Albion Armfield, OVERSTREET SLOAN, PLLC, Forest, Virginia; 

Chad Allan Mooney, PETTY LIVINGSTON DAWSON & RICHARDS, Lynchburg, 

Virginia; Alexander Spotswood de Witt, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Richmond, Virginia; 

Bryan Grimes Williams Creasy, Sr., John Dickens Eure, JOHNSON AYERS & 

MATTHEWS, PLC, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Crystal VL Rivers appeals the district court’s orders denying her motions for relief 

under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771; to file a third amended 

complaint; to certify as appealable the dismissal of certain claims under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

54(b); and for relief from the court’s final judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). Having 

reviewed the record and the arguments Rivers advances on appeal, we discern no reversible 

error in the district court’s decisions. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. 

In addition, we grant the motion for Rivers to file untimely reply briefs, and we deny the 

motion to convert from unpublished to published a prior opinion of this court. 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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