Hephzibah Bates v. Federal Reserve Bank

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999606917-2] Originating case number: 3:14-cv-00320-REP Copies to all parties and the district court. [999650592]. Mailed to: Hephzibah Bates. [15-1610, 15-1611, 15-1612, 15-1613, 15-1614, 15-1615, 15-1616]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1610

HEPHZIBAH BATES, a/k/a Hattie Tea Jenkins Bates,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND,
Defendant – Appellee,

No. 15-1611

HEPHZIBAH BATES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LISA HICKS THOMAS,
Defendant – Appellee,

No. 15-1612

HEPHZIBAH BATES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CBS NEWS,

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Defendant – Appellee,

No. 15-1613

HEPHZIBAH BATES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Defendant – Appellee,

No. 15-1614

HEPHZIBAH BATES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
JOEY JENKINS, III,
Defendant – Appellee,

No. 15-1615

HEPHZIBAH BATES, a/k/a Hattie Bates,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LACEY
NUNLEY,
P.A.,
Deputy
General
Department, The Federal Bank of Richmond,
Defendant – Appellee,
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Counsel,

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No. 15-1616

HEPHZIBAH BATES, a/k/a Hattie Bates,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
LACEY NUNLEY,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Robert E. Payne, Senior
District Judge. (3:14-cv-00320-REP; 3:14-cv-00164-REP; 3:14-cv00165-REP; 3:14-cv-00193-REP; 3:14-cv-00322-REP; 3:14-cv-00380REP; 3:14-cv-00381-REP)

Submitted:

August 27, 2015

Decided:

August 31, 2015

Before GREGORY, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Hephzibah Bates, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Hephzibah

Bates

appeals

the

district

court’s

orders

dismissing her complaints in her consolidated civil suits as
frivolous and entering a prefiling injunction preventing Bates
from filing further complaints related to the issues raised in
the instant complaints.
reversible

error.

We have reviewed the record and find no

Accordingly,

we

deny

leave

to

proceed

in

forma pauperis and dismiss the appeals for the reasons stated by
the district court.

See Bates v. Fed. Reserve Bank of Richmond,

3:14-cv-00320-REP (E.D. Va. May 15, 2015); see also Cromer v.
Kraft Foods N. Amer., Inc., 390 F.3d 812, 817 (4th Cir. 2004)
(setting forth standard of review of prefiling injunction).
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.

DISMISSED

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