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Date Created: 2023-02-22 21:00:45.388576+00
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                                                   UNPUBLISHED

                                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                                      No. 22-1383

        In re: PATRICIA L. HARRISON.

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        PATRICIA L. HARRISON,

                                Respondent - Appellant,

        ESTATE OF LATOYA NICOLE VALENTINE, by and through Debra Grate,
        Personal Representative; DEBRA GRATE, in her individual capacity,

                                Plaintiffs,

                        v.

        THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
        SERVICES; THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR; HENRY D. MCMASTER;
        NIMRATA “NIKKI” HALEY; JOSHUA BAKER; CHRISTIAN SOURA; THE
        SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL
        NEEDS; MARY POOLE; PATRICK J. MALEY; LOIS PARK MOLE; SUSAN
        BECK; BEVERLY BUSCEMI; STANLEY BUTKUS; KATHI LACY; WILLIAM
        BARFIELD; THOMAS WARING; ROBERT KERR; WILLIAM DANIELSON,

                                Defendants - Appellees,

        THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; PICKENS COUNTY DISABILITIES AND
        SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD; ELAINE THENA; JOHN OWENS; DIANE
        ANDERSON,

                                Defendants,

        WILLIAM BOUTON

                                Respondent.
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        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
        Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:18-cv-00895-JFA)

        Submitted: February 7, 2023                                  Decided: February 21, 2023

        Before WILKINSON and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Patricia Logan Harrison, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.,
        William Grayson Lambert, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
        Columbia, South Carolina; William Henry Davidson, II, Kenneth Paul Woodington,
        DAVIDSON, WREN & DEMASTERS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; Damon C.
        Wlodarczyk, RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; James Houston
        Burns, Matthew Douglas Patterson, Thadeous Herbert Westbrook, III, Columbia, South
        Carolina, Miles Edward Coleman, NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH
        LLP, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

               Patricia L. Harrison appeals the district court’s order sanctioning her pursuant to

        Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. We review for abuse of discretion a district court’s order granting

        sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. Morris v. Wachovia Sec., Inc., 448 F.3d 268, 277 (4th

        Cir. 2006). After reviewing the record, the parties’ briefs, and the district court’s thorough

        order, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Estate of Valentine v. South

        Carolina, No. 3:18-cv-00895-JFA (D.S.C. Mar. 29, 2022). We deny Harrison’s motions

        for judicial notice and for a stay pending appeal. 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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