UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-1180

DOROTHEA BARR; TR LIMITED, t/a Raley's

Emergency Road Service, t/a Raley's Towing;

METROPOLITAN WRECKER, INCORPORATED;

PROFESSIONAL PARKING MANAGEMENT TOWING,

INCORPORATED; DUKE DEVELOPMENT LLC; BBK

ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED; RALEY'S ROAD

SERVICE OF MARYLAND, INCORPORATED,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND; RONALD E.

KOZLOWSKI, individually and in his capacity as

a police officer of the Prince George's County

Police Department; CHARLES DUELLEY,

individually and in his capacity as a police

officer of the Prince George's County Police

Department,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Greenbelt. J. Frederick Motz, District Judge. (CA02-346-8-JFM)

Submitted: August 27, 2004 Decided: October 29, 2004
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Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and SHEDD, Circuit

Judges.

Dismissed in part and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam

opinion.

Dorothea Barr, Appellant Pro Se. Rhonda L. Weaver, Associate

County Attorney, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:

Dorothea Barr and six corporations owned by her, which

were engaged in the automobile towing business and related

services, commenced this action against Prince George's County

(Maryland) Police Department, Prince George's County, and two

Prince George's County police officers. The plaintiffs alleged

that the defendants violated plaintiffs' civil rights, interfered

with the automobile towing businesses' relations, defamed Barr, and

otherwise injured her when the police officers conducted an

investigation into the legitimacy of Barr's businesses, initiated

legal process against them, and conducted a search of them on

February 2, 1999. The search was conducted pursuant to several

search warrants signed by a circuit judge on January 28, 1999. The

police officers contended that they had reason to believe that Barr

and her businesses were abusing their duties when hired by the

Prince George's County "Tow Coordination Unit" to pick up

automobiles on behalf of Prince George's County. They contended

that Barr and her businesses were fraudulently transferring such

vehicles to herself or her entities, contrary to any authorization

give by Prince George's County.

In her complaint, Barr alleged in nine counts a wide

array of claims for violations of civil rights committed under

color of state law, violations of the Maryland Constitution,

malicious prosecution, violations of the Local Government Tort
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Claims Act, abuse of process, tortious interference with business

relationships, defamation, and injurious falsehood. On the

defendants' motions to dismiss, the district court granted the

motions with respect to various counts, by order dated July 19,

2002. With respect to the remaining counts, the district court

granted summary judgment by an oral opinion given on December 19,

2003, and a written order entered on December 22, 2003. From final

judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiffs filed this

appeal.

While this appeal was pending, we granted the motion of

counsel for the plaintiffs to withdraw from this case and directed

the plaintiffs "to notify the Court in writing of the name and

address of counsel representing them in this appeal on or before

September 17, 2004." We admonished plaintiffs that if they failed

to obtain new counsel, "the case [would] proceed pro se as to

appellant Barr . . . [and] be dismissed as to the corporations, .

. . since a corporation cannot proceed pro se on appeal." The

appellants failed to provide this court notice of new counsel, and

no counsel has entered an appearance on behalf of them.

Accordingly, as to the appellant corporations, we dismiss their

appeal. See Fourth Circuit Local Rule 46.

As to the appellant Barr, we have reviewed her

submissions and the record, and for the reasons given by the

district court in dismissing some of the counts, see Barr v. Prince
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George's County, Maryland, et al., Civil Action AW-02-346 (D. Md.

July 19, 2002), and the reasons given by the district court in

granting summary judgment for the remaining counts, see Barr v.

Prince George's County, Maryland, et al., Civil Action JFM-02-346

(D. Md. Dec. 19 and 22, 2003), we affirm.

DISMISSED IN PART AND AFFIRMED IN PART