Collette Davidson v. Recovery Limited Partnership

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999453626-2] Originating case number: 2:87-cv-00363-RBS,2:14-cv-00160-RBS-LRL Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999535155]. Mailed to: Collette Davidson. [14-1949]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1949

COLLETTE DAVIDSON,
Claimant – Appellant,
MILTON T. BUTTERWORTH, JR.; ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY; INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA; COMMERCIAL
UNION INSURANCE COMPANY; WILLIAM H. MCGEE AND COMPANY
INCORPORATED; LIMITED ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY; CHUBB & SON,
INCORPORATED; SUN ALLIANCE GROUP; SALVAGE ASSOCIATION;
UNDERWRITERS
AT
LLOYD'S;
LONDON
ASSURANCE;
ALLIANCE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; GRE OF AMERICA CORPORATION;
GUARDIAN
ROYAL
EXCHANGE;
ROYAL
EXCHANGE
ASSURANCE;
INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY; INDEMNITY MARINE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED; SUN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW
YORK;
SUN
INSURANCE
OFFICE,
LIMITED;
GREAT
WESTERN
INSURANCE COMPANY; SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; UNION
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
COMPANY;
ORIENTAL
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
COMPANY; COMMERCIAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; MERCANTILE
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
COMPANY;
NEW
YORK
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
COMPANY; PACIFIC MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED; INDEMNITY MARINE; LONDON ASSOCIATED
CORPORATION; ROYAL ASSOCIATED CORPORATION; ROYAL INSURANCE
COMPANY; ROYAL MARINE; INDEMNITY MUTUAL; ROYAL EXCHANGE &
LONDON OFFICES; UNION BANK OF LONDON; COMMONWEALTH FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY; DENNIS STANDEFER; SUPERINTENDENT OF
INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ROBOL LAW OFFICE;
RICHARD THOMAS ROBOL; COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED,
Claimants,
v.
COLUMBUS-AMERICA
PARTNERSHIP,

DISCOVERY

GROUP;

Plaintiffs – Appellees,

RECOVERY

LIMITED

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HARRY G. JOHN; JACK F. GRIMM;
UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

TRUSTEES

OF

COLUMBIA

Plaintiffs,
and
THE
UNIDENTIFIED
&
ABANDONED
SAILING
VESSEL;
UNIDENTIFIED SAILING VESSEL; S. S. CENTRAL AMERICA;
WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL S.S. CENTRAL AMERICA,

THE
THE

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk.
Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief
District Judge. (2:87-cv-00363-RBS; 2:14-cv-00160-RBS-LRL)

Submitted:

February 6, 2015

Decided:

February 25, 2015

Before KING, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Collette Davidson, Appellant Pro Se. Philip N. Davey, Bryan K.
Meals, DAVEY & BROGAN, PC, Norfolk, Virginia; Richard Thomas
Robol, ROBOL LAW OFFICE, LLC, Columbus, Ohio; James Long
Chapman, IV, Cyrus Wiley Grandy, VI, Steven Michael Stancliff,
CRENSHAW WARE & MARTIN, PLC, Norfolk, Virginia; Conrad M.
Shumadine, Brett Alexander Spain, WILLCOX & SAVAGE, PC, Norfolk,
Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Collette Davidson appeals the district court’s order
dismissing her salvage action for failure to state a claim.
appeal,

we

confine

Appellant’s brief.

our

review

to

the

issues

See 4th Cir. R. 34(b).

raised

in

On
the

Because Davidson’s

informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district
court’s disposition, Davidson has forfeited appellate review of
the court’s order.

Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in

forma pauperis and affirm the district court’s judgment.
dispense

with

contentions

are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

We

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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