**UN PUBLISHED** 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

**No. 14**  **- 2178** 

JOHN R. BEHRMANN; NANCY BEHRMANN , Appellants ,

v.
NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED , Appellee

.

**No. 14**  **- 2181** 

DANIEL JOSEPH SCHENDZIELOS; SCHENDZIELOS & ASSOCIATES, LLC; JONATHAN D. MILLER; NYE, PEABODY, STIRLING, HALE & MILLER, LLP, Appellants ,

v.
NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED , Appellee.

**No. 14**  **- 2276** 

JOHN R. BEHRMANN; NANCY BEHRMANN; LELIA PALMORE WINGET

HERNANDEZ; WINGET

- HERNANDEZ, P.C.; JOHN F. BLOSS; HIGGINS BENJAMIN PLLC, Appellants ,2 v.
NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED , Appellee.

**No. 14**  **- 2277** 

DANIEL JOSEPH SCHENDZIELOS; SCHENDZIELOS & ASSOCIATES, LLC; JONATHAN D. MILLER; NYE, PEABODY, STIRLING, HALE & MILLER, LLP; LELIA PALMORE WINGET

- HERNANDEZ; WINGET

- HERNANDEZ, P.C., Appellants ,

v.
NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED , Debtor

- Appellee.

Appeal s from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , at Alexandria

. Leonie M. Brinkema , District Judge. ( 1:14

- cv - 00859

- LMB

- TCB ; 1:14

- cv - 00875

- LMB

- TCB ; 09

- 10525

- BFK )

Submitted : July 27, 2015 Decided: July 30, 2015

Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and DIAZ , Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by un published per curiam opinion

.

John F. Bloss , HIGGINS BENJAMIN PLLC, Greensboro, North Carolina; Daniel J. Schendzielos, SCHENDZIELOS & ASSOCIATES, LLC, Greenwood Village, Colorado; Jonathan D. Miller, NYE, PEABODY, STIRLING, HALE & MILLER, LLP, Santa Barbara, California; Lelia P. Winget

- Hernandez, WINGET

- HERNANDEZ, PC, Troy, Virginia, for Appellants. Erika L. Morabito, Brittany J.3 Nelson, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Washington, D

. C

. ; David B. Goroff, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Ap pellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.4 PER CURIAM: John R. Behrmann, Nancy Behrmann, and their attorneys, Daniel Joseph Schendzielos, Schendzielos & Associates, LLC, Jonathan D. Miller, Nye , Peabody, Stirling, Hale & Miller, LLP, appeal from the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order entering judgment against them in the amount of $18,000 , based on the court’s prior determination of their contempt of court and their delay in purging the contempt. These Appellants, along with Lelia Palmore Winget

- Hernandez, Winget

- Hernandez, P.C., John F. Bloss, and Higgins Benjamin PLLC, appeal from the district court’s orders determining that the appeal from the $18,000 judgment was frivolous and imposing
sancti ons based on National Heritage Foundation’s attorneys’ fees incurred in litigating the appeals and the Appellants’ Motion to Strike the Appellee’s Brief

. We have reviewed the
record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, and we find no
reversible error. A ccordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Behrmann v. Nat’l Heritage Found., Inc. , Nos. 1:14

- cv - 00859

- LMB

- TCB; 1:14

- cv - 00875

- LMB

- TCB (E.D. Va.
filed Sept. 26 , entered Sept. 29 , 2014 ; filed Oct. 29 , entered
Oct. 30 , 2014 ; & Nov. 7 , 2014). W e grant the Appellee’s unopposed motion to submit these appeals on the briefs and dispense with or al argument because the facts and legal5 contentions are adequately presented in the materia ls before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRM E D