Fidelity and Guaranty Life Ins v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd.

Filing 920091023

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1599

FIDELITY AND GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland corporation; SETTLEMENT FUNDING, LLC, d/b/a Peachtree Settlement Funding, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. RAPID SETTLEMENTS, LTD., Defendant ­ Appellant, FIDELITY AND GUARANTY ASSIGNMENT CORPORATION, Claimant ­ Appellee, and LUCILLE HARROD; BROOKE SCHUMM, III, Defendants.

No. 08-2303

FIDELITY AND GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Maryland corporation; SETTLEMENT FUNDING, LLC, d/b/a Peachtree Settlement Funding, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. RAPID SETTLEMENTS, LTD., Defendant ­ Appellant,

FIDELITY AND GUARANTY ASSIGNMENT CORPORATION, Claimant ­ Appellee, and LUCILLE HARROD; BROOKE SCHUMM, III, Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (1:05-cv-02732-CCB)

Submitted:

July 20, 2009

Decided:

October 23, 2009

Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stewart A. Feldman, THE FELDMAN LAW FIRM, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for Appellant. Elyse L. Strickland, SELZER, GURVITCH, RABIN & OBECNY, CHTD., Bethesda, Maryland; H. Mark Stichel, GOHN, HANKEY & STICHEL, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland; Stephen H. Kaufman, OFFIT KURMAN, P.A., Owings Mills, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Rapid court's Rapid orders Settlements, enjoining an Ltd., appeals from the district filed by

arbitration summary

proceeding

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granting

judgment

against

Rapid

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interpleader and

action, its

imposing and

sanctions denying

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Settlements

counsel,

reconsideration.

We have reviewed the record and the briefs Accordingly, Rapid

filed by the parties and find no reversible error.

we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

Settlements, Ltd. v. Settlement Funding, LLC, No. 1:05-cv-02732CCB (D. Md. Mar. 6, 2007, Sept. 27, 2007, Apr. 15, 2008, and filed Oct. 15, 2008; entered Oct. 16, 2008). oral argument because in the the facts and legal before We dispense with contentions the court are and

adequately

presented

materials

argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

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