Bonnie Cruickshank Wallace v. Mercantile County Bank

Filing 920090108

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-2144

BONNIE CRUICKSHANK WALLACE; THE WALLACE FAMILY TRUST; HOLLY HALL PUBLICATIONS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. MERCANTILE COUNTY BANK, f/k/a County Banking and Company; RAYMOND HAMM, JR.; GEBHARDT & SMITH, LLP, Defendants - Appellees. Trust

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (1:06-cv-03345-CCB)

Submitted:

December 18, 2008

Decided:

January 8, 2009

Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Melvin J. Sykes, Baltimore, Lawrence J. Gebhardt, GEBHARDT Maryland, for Appellees.

Maryland, & SMITH,

for LLP,

Appellants. Baltimore,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Bonnie Cruickshank Wallace, the Wallace Family Trust, and Holly Hall Publications, Inc. ("Appellants"), appeal the

district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendants on their claims alleging malicious use of process and abuse of process. We have reviewed the record included on

appeal as well as the parties' briefs and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the Wallace v. Mercantile Cnty Bank, No. 1:06-cvMd. August 31, 2007). We dispense with oral

district court. 03345-CCB (D.

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately addressed in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

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