Court Opinion

ID: 9393719
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-10 21:01:56.595521+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:54.987395
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                                            UNPUBLISHED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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