US v. Kotmair

Filing 920070726

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1156

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus JOHN B. KOTMAIR, JR., d/b/a Save-A-Patriot Fellowship and National Workers Rights Committee; SAVE-A-PATRIOT FELLOWSHIP, an unincorporated association, Defendants - Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, Senior District Judge. (1:05-cv-01297-WMN)

Submitted: July 24, 2007

Decided:

July 26, 2007

Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John B. Kotmair, Jr., Appellant Pro Se; George E. Harp, Shreveport, Louisiana, for Appellant SAVE-A-PATRIOT FELLOWSHIP, an unincorporated association. Richard Farber, Carol Ann Barthel, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: John B. Kotmair, Jr., and Save-A-Patriot Fellowship

appeal from the district court's orders granting summary judgment in favor of the United States and issuing a permanent injunction against them based on their activities in promoting a tax evasion scheme, and denying their motions for a new trial and for

modification of the injunction. find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record and

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons United States v. Kotmair, No. 1:05We deny Save-A-

stated by the district court.

cv-01297-WMN (D. Md. Nov. 29, 2006; Feb. 7, 2007).

Patriot's motion to strike portions of the brief filed by the United States, and 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.

AFFIRMED

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