Veronique Pongo v. Bank of America

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999563082-2], granting Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999563081-2] Originating case number: 3:14-cv-00020-RJC-DSC Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999645590]. Mailed to: Avoki, Pongo, Worthy. [15-1372]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1372

VERONIQUE K. PONGO; FRANCISCO AVOKI,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
BANK OF AMERICA; TRUSTEE SERVICE OF CAROLINA; AMERICA’S
WHOLESALE LENDER; BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON; BAC HOME
SERVICING; EAGLE, ADJUSTING SERVICE, INC.; DOES I-XX; MERS,
INC.; KIMBERLY DAWSON; BEVERLY BROOKS,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte.
Robert J. Conrad,
Jr., District Judge. (3:14-cv-00020-RJC-DSC)

Submitted:

August 20, 2015

Decided:

August 24, 2015

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Veronique K. Pongo; Francisco Avoki, Appellants Pro Se.
Kelli
A. Burns, Scott I. Perle, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Charlotte, North
Carolina; Franklin Lamont Greene, Gregory David Spink, Megan
McGee Stacy, BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina;
Jaye E. Bingham-Hinch, CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG, LLP, Raleigh,
North Carolina; Mica Nguyen Worthy, CRANFILL, SUMNER & HARTZOG,
LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Veronique K. Pongo and Francisco Avoki appeal the district
court’s
judge,

order

accepting

dismissing

the

their

recommendation

complaint

filed

of

the

under

magistrate

the

Truth

in

Lending Act and the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act,
and declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over their
remaining state law claims.

We have reviewed the record and

find

Accordingly,

no

reversible

Appellants

to

error.

proceed

in

forma

pauperis

we
and

grant

leave

affirm

to

for

the

reasons stated by the district court.

Pongo v. Bank of Am., No.

3:14-cv-00020-RJC-DSC

31,

(W.D.N.C.

Mar.

2015).

We

dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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