Case Name: Paul L. ASHBAUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ashbaugh Custom Builders, LLC, Plaintiff, v. The CORPORATION OF BOLIVAR, a West Virginia municipality; Edward Hall, Mayor, in his official capacity; Donna Callar, individually and in her official capacity; Robert Hardy, individually and in his official capacity; John Heafer, individually and in his official capacity; Mary Rutherford, individually and in her official capacity; Carrie Gauthier, individually and in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-11
Citations: 481 F. App'x 840
Docket Number: No. 11-1632
Parties: Paul L. ASHBAUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ashbaugh Custom Builders, LLC, Plaintiff, v. The CORPORATION OF BOLIVAR, a West Virginia municipality; Edward Hall, Mayor, in his official capacity; Donna Callar, individually and in her official capacity; Robert Hardy, individually and in his official capacity; John Heafer, individually and in his official capacity; Mary Rutherford, individually and in her official capacity; Carrie Gauthier, individually and in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before KING, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 481
Pages: 840–842

Head Matter:
Paul L. ASHBAUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Ashbaugh Custom Builders, LLC, Plaintiff, v. The CORPORATION OF BOLIVAR, a West Virginia municipality; Edward Hall, Mayor, in his official capacity; Donna Callar, individually and in her official capacity; Robert Hardy, individually and in his official capacity; John Heafer, individually and in his official capacity; Mary Rutherford, individually and in her official capacity; Carrie Gauthier, individually and in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-1632.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 30, 2012.
Decided: Sept. 11, 2012.
J. Michael Cassell, Cassell & Prinz, PLLC, Charles Town, West Virginia, for Appellant. Michael D. Lorensen, Jared M. Adams, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Ap-pellees.
Before KING, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Paul L. Ashbaugh and Ashbaugh Custom Builders, LLC ("ACB"), seek to appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment for Defendants on their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
"[A] corporation may appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel." Rowland v. Cal. Men's Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 202, 113 S.Ct. 716, 121 L.Ed.2d 656 (1993). Thus, because Ashbaugh, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal on behalf of himself and ACB, the notice was not adequate to perfect ACB's appeal. See Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757, 763-68, 121 S.Ct. 1801, 149 L.Ed.2d 983 (2001) (finding notice of appeal defective for lack of proper signature as required by Fed. R.Civ.P. 11(a)). Although we brought the defect to ACB's attention on more than one occasion, ACB failed to promptly correct the notice of appeal. See Fed. R.Civ.P. 11(a). The appearance of counsel on behalf of ACB more than eight months after Ashbaugh noticed the appeal, and months after the completion of informal briefing, occurred too late to cure the defect. We therefore strike the notice of appeal as to ACB. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(a).
Further, we note that ACB, not Ash-baugh, is the owner of the property at issue. See Fed.R.Evid. 201(b)(2) ("The court may judicially notice a fact that is not subject to reasonable dispute because it . can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned."); Papasan v. Attain, 478 U.S. 265, 268 n. 1, 106 S.Ct. 2932, 92 L.Ed.2d 209 (1986) (noting that courts "are not precluded . from taking notice of items in the public record"). Thus, as merely a member of ACB, Ash-baugh does not have standing to appeal on his own behalf the district court's order. See W. Va.Code Ann. § 31B-2-201 (Michie 2009) ("A limited liability company is a legal entity distinct from its members."); W. Va.Code Ann. § 31B-5-501 (Michie 2009) ("A member is not a coowner of. property of a limited liability company."); Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61, 112 S.Ct. 2130, 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992) (stating elements of standing); Smith Setzer & Sons, Inc. v. S.C. Procurement Review Panel, 20 F.3d 1311, 1317 (4th Cir.1994) ("It is considered a fundamental rule that a shareholder — even the sole shareholder — does not have standing to assert claims alleging wrongs to the corporation.") (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We deny as moot the motion to strike Ashbaugh's pro se supplemental reply brief. 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.
DISMISSED.