James Jones v. City of Frederick, Maryland

Filing 920081124

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1855

JAMES JONES; SHARON JONES, Plaintiffs ­ Appellants, v. CITY OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND; LOUMIS GENE ALSTON; DIANA MARIE KIMMEL; DEBBIE SHANKIE; JAMES HIRAM KIPPE, JR., Defendants ­ Appellees, and FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND; STATE OF MARYLAND; SCOTT L. ROLLE; CHARLES J. SMITH; FREDERICK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Andre M. Davis, District Judge. (1:07cv-03010-AMD)

Submitted:

November 5, 2008

Decided:

November 24, 2008

Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Patrick Joseph Christmas, Stephen M. Gensemer, Justin Gregory Nunzio, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellants. David Bruce Stratton, JORDAN COYNE & SAVITS, Washington, D.C.; Kirsten E. Keating, BALLARD, SPAHR, ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP, Washington,

D.C., for Appellees. Debbie Shankie, James Hiram Kippe, Jr., Appellees Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: James and Sharon Jones appeal a district court order granting summary judgment to the City of Frederick and Loumis Gene Alston and dismissing Jones' state their civil arrest rights for a from complaint crime the and same

concerning dismissing incident. memorandum

James their

mistaken law claims

arising

We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and affirm for the reasons cited by the

district court.

See Jones v. City of Frederick, Md., No. 1:07We dispense with oral

cv-03010-AMD (D. Md. June 19, 2008).

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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