American Heartland Port, Inc. v. American Port Holdings, Inc. , 624 F. App'x 110 ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-1801
AMERICAN HEARTLAND PORT, INCORPORATED; JO LYNN KRAINA;
SHELLEY REED; MISTY SHANNON,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
AMERICAN PORT HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware
corporation; PATRICK NICHOLAS DICARLO, an individual;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON LLC, a corporation; DANIEL L.
DICKERSON, individually; ANDREW S. FELLOWS, individually;
JAMES C. BRECKINRIDGE, individually,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
ALLIED INVESTMENT PARTNERS PJSC, a foreign corporation;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INCORPORATED; STANLEY BALLAS,
individually; CHANNEL POINT PARTNERS, a corporation; JAMES
MARTODAM, individually,
Defendants.
No. 14-1809
AMERICAN HEARTLAND PORT, INCORPORATED; JO LYNN KRAINA;
SHELLEY REED; MISTY SHANNON,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
AMERICAN PORT HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware
corporation; PATRICK NICHOLAS DICARLO, an individual;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON LLC, a corporation; DANIEL L.
DICKERSON, individually; ANDREW S. FELLOWS, individually;
JAMES C. BRECKINRIDGE, individually,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
ALLIED INVESTMENT PARTNERS PJSC, a foreign corporation;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INCORPORATED; JAMES MARTODAM,
individually; STANLEY BALLAS, individually; CHANNEL POINT
PARTNERS, a corporation,
Defendants.
No. 14-2249
AMERICAN HEARTLAND PORT, INCORPORATED; JO LYNN KRAINA;
SHELLEY REED; MISTY SHANNON,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
AMERICAN PORT HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware
corporation; PATRICK NICHOLAS DICARLO, an individual;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON LLC, a corporation; DANIEL L.
DICKERSON, individually; ANDREW S. FELLOWS, individually;
JAMES C. BRECKINRIDGE, individually,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
ALLIED INVESTMENT PARTNERS PJSC, a foreign corporation;
ARCELORMITTAL WEIRTON INCORPORATED; JAMES MARTODAM,
individually; STANLEY BALLAS, individually; CHANNEL POINT
PARTNERS, a corporation,
Defendants.
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:11-cv-00050-FPS-JES)
Submitted: November 24, 2015 Decided: December 15, 2015
Before MOTZ and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Hampton Tinney, Jr., TINNEY LAW FIRM, PLLC, Charleston,
West Virginia, for Appellants. Wendy G. Adkins, Stephen Michael
LaCagnin, JACKSON KELLY, PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia; Dennis
Joseph Powers, Kenneth L. Schmetterer, DLA PIPER US LLP,
Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. Patrick Nicholas DiCarlo,
Newport Beach, California, Appellee Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
American Heartland Port, Inc., Jo Lynn Kraina, Shelley
Reed, and Misty Shannon (collectively, Plaintiffs) appeal the
district court’s order dismissing their claims against Patrick
Nicholas DiCarlo (No. 14-1801) and the order granting summary
judgment to ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC (No. 14-1809). * We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm. Am. Heartland Port, Inc. v. Am. Port Holdings, Inc.,
No. 5:11-cv-00050-FPS-JES (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 21, 2014; July 17,
2014 & Oct. 8, 2014).
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
* Plaintiffs also noted an appeal of the district court’s
order denying their motion for new trial, entered on October 8,
2014 (No. 14-2249). Because Plaintiffs failed to brief this
issue in their informal opening brief, they have waived any
challenge to that order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170,
177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important
document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to
issues preserved in that brief.”). To the extent Plaintiffs’
argument in their brief challenging the district court’s denial
of their motion for a protective order relates to their motion
for new trial, we find no reversible error.
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