Ronald Emrit v. American Communication

Filing

UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00776-TDS-LPA. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999426912]. Mailed to: Ronald Emrit. [14-1354]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1354

RONALD SATISH EMRIT,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder,
District Judge. (1:13-cv-00776-TDS-LPA)

Submitted:

August 27, 2014

Decided:

September 2, 2014

Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald Satish Emrit, Appellant Pro Se. Mark A. Stafford, NELSON
MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Ronald Satish Emrit appeals the district court’s order
dismissing

his

jurisdiction.

civil
We

action

have

for

reviewed

lack

the

of

record

subject
and

the

matter
parties’

informal briefs on appeal, and we conclude that this appeal is
frivolous.

See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989);

Emrit v. Am. Commc’ns Network, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-00776-TDS-LPA
(M.D.N.C. Apr. 2, 2014); see also 4th Cir. R. 34(b) (limiting
appellate

review

Accordingly,

we

to

issues

dismiss

raised

the

in

informal

appeal.

See

brief).

28

U.S.C.

Appellee’s

request

§ 1915(e)(2)(B) (2012).
Additionally,

we

have

for sanctions against Emrit.

We decline to impose the requested

prefiling

injunction

juncture.

See Cromer v. Kraft Foods N. Am., Inc., 390 F.3d 812,

817-18

(4th

Cir.

relevant factors).

or

considered

2004)

similar

(discussing

“gateway”

prefiling

order

at

injunction

this

and

However, Emrit is hereby warned that federal

courts, including this court, are authorized to impose sanctions
upon vexatious and repetitive litigants for frivolous filings.
See Foley v. Fix, 106 F.3d 556, 558 (4th Cir. 1997).

Further

frivolous filings by Emrit may result in this court sanctioning
him, including by ordering a prefiling injunction that limits
his access to the court.

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We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal
before

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.

DISMISSED

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