Board of Trustees Masters v. Santina Carney

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999329249-2]; denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999329275-2] Originating case number: 1:13-cv-01005-WMN Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999386962]. Mailed to: Santina Carney. [14-1300]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1300

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS PENSION PLAN;
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT PLAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS
HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
SANTINA M. CARNEY,
Defendant – Appellant,
DENNIS J. CARNEY,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
NILSA CARNEY,
Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
William M. Nickerson, Senior District
Judge. (1:13-cv-01005-WMN)

Submitted:

June 26, 2014

Decided:

Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Santina M. Carney, Appellant Pro Se.
Edward R. Mackiewicz,
Richard Louis Trumka, Jr., STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP, Washington,
D.C., Thomas John Schetelich, FERGUSON, SCHETELICH & BALLEW, PA,
Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Santina M. Carney appeals the district court’s orders
precluding her from challenging the validity of a 1983 divorce
decree and determining that she has no claim for benefits under
her former husband’s pension plan, retirement plan, or health
and

benefit

plan,

reconsideration.
reversible

error.

and

We

also

denying

have

reviewed

Accordingly,

we

the

her

deny

record

motion

leave

and
to

for

find

no

proceed

in

forma pauperis, deny Carney’s motion for appointment of counsel,
and dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the district
court.

Board of Trustees Masters Mates & Pilots Pension Plan v.

Carney, No. 1:13-cv-01005-WMN (D. Md. Dec. 3, 2013; Mar. 11,
2014).
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
DISMISSED

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