In re: Chase Hunter

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to compel [999626384-2]; denying Motion to expedite decision [999621266-2] in 14-2062, 15-1146; denying Motion for writ of mandamus (FRAP 21) [999621264-2] in 14-2062, 15-1146; denying Motion for other relief [999464530-2] in 14-2062; denying Motion for injunctive relief pending appeal (FRAP 8) [999464526-2] in 14-2062; denying Motion to waive [999621272-3] in 15-1146 Originating case number: 3:14-cv-00648-REP Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999693705].. [14-2062, 15-1073, 15-1146]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2062

In Re: CHASE CARMEN HUNTER,
Petitioner - Appellant.

No. 15-1073

CHASE CARMEN HUNTER,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
MARK HERRING,
Defendant - Appellee.

No. 15-1146

In Re: CHASE CARMEN HUNTER,
Petitioner - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Robert E. Payne, Senior
District Judge (3:14-cv-00648-REP); Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge (3:14-cv-00705-HEH); Robert E. Payne, Senior District
Judge (3:14-cv-00648-REP).

Submitted:

July 30, 2015

Decided:

November 5, 2015

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Before DUNCAN
Circuit Judge.

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and

DIAZ,

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Circuit

Judges,

and

DAVIS,

Senior

Affirmed in part; dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.

Chase Carmen Hunter, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
These

consolidated

petitions

for

district

court.

Hunter

relief

appeals

In
the

appeals
before

Nos.

arise

different

14-2062

district

out

and

court’s

of

judges
15-1146,

orders

(1)

two

identical

in

the

Chase

same
Carmen

conditionally

dismissing her request for injunctive relief; (2) dismissing her
request

for

temporary,

preliminary,

and

permanent

injunctive

relief, and denying her motions for permission to electronically
file her submissions and to appoint counsel; and (3) denying her
motion for reconsideration and recusal.

In No. 15-1073, Hunter

appeals the district court’s order dismissing as frivolous her
similar

request

for

temporary,

preliminary,

and

permanent

injunctive relief.
Hunter first challenges the district courts’ denials of her
motions

for

temporary

restraining

orders.

Because

we

lack

jurisdiction to review the denial of a temporary restraining
order, we dismiss those portions of the appeals.

See Virginia

v. Tenneco, Inc., 538 F.2d 1026, 1029-30 (4th Cir. 1976).
Hunter next contends that both district courts abused their
discretion in denying her requests for preliminary and permanent
injunctions.

See Emergency One, Inc. v. Am. Eagle Fire Engine

Co., 332 F.3d 264, 267 (4th Cir. 2003) (providing standard of
review).

Our review of the record reveals no such abuse, as the

requested injunctions are barred under the Anti-Injunction Act.
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28 U.S.C. § 2283 (2012) (“A court of the United States may not
grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a State court except
as expressly authorized by Act of Congress, or where necessary
in aid of its jurisdiction, or to protect or effectuate its
judgments.”).
To

the

extent

Hunter

claims

that

the

district

dispositions were otherwise erroneous, we disagree.
petitions

are

circumstances”

not

so

complex

warranting

the

as

to

appointment

create
of

courts’
Hunter’s

“exceptional

counsel.

See

Whisenant v. Yuam, 739 F.2d 160, 163 (4th Cir. 1984), abrogated
on other grounds by Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist.
of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989).
the

contention

that

the

Nor do we find any support for

district

themselves from her cases.

judges

should

have

recused

See Liteky v. United States, 510

U.S. 540, 545 (1994) (holding that rulings based on facts in the
proceedings “almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or
partiality motion”).

Finally, we see no error in the district

courts’ refusals to grant her permission to file electronically.
Accordingly, we affirm the district courts’ orders in part,
dismiss the appeals in part, and deny as moot the motion for a
stay pending appeal, motion to expedite, and mandamus petition
seeking a ruling on the motion for reconsideration.

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

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presented

in

the

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materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED IN PART;
DISMISSED IN PART

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