Francis Froelich v. The Lewis Law Firm

Filing 920090612

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1745

FRANCIS EDWIN FROELICH, an individual, Plaintiff ­ Appellant, v. THE LEWIS LAW FIRM, PC; GLENN C. LEWIS, Defendants ­ Appellees, and $150,000 CASH BOND, in the Registry of the Circuit Court for the County of Fairfax, Virginia, Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:07-cv-01230-CMH-BRP)

Submitted:

January 30, 2009

Decided:

June 12, 2009

Before NIEMEYER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Erin M. Sine, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Theodore S. Allison, KARR & ALLISON PC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Mark H. Tuohey, III, David E.

Hawkins, J. Randall Warden, VINSON & ELKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Francis Edwin Froelich appeals from the district

court's order dismissing his amended complaint against The Lewis Law Firm and Glenn C. Lewis, finding that the claims asserted in the complaint were barred by an earlier state court decision addressing the same claims. We have reviewed the record and

the briefs filed by the parties and find no reversible error. Andrews v. Daw, 201 F.3d 521, 524 (4th Cir. 2000) (providing standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons Froelich v. The Lewis Law Firm, (E.D. Va. filed June 3, 2008;

stated by the district court. PC, No. 1:07-cv-01230-CMH-BRP

entered June 5, 2008).

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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