Terry Quattlebaum v. Bank of America, N.A. , 695 F. App'x 59 ( 2017 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-1327
TERRY D. QUATTLEBAUM,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.;
RICHARD G. REESE, JR., Resident,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Theodore D. Chuang, District Judge. (8:16-cv-01711-TDC)
Submitted: August 1, 2017 Decided: August 15, 2017
Before DIAZ, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Terry D. Quattlebaum, Appellant Pro Se. Craig Robert Haughton, MCGUIREWOODS,
LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Emily Michele Patterson, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Terry D. Quattlebaum filed this action—his second—asserting several claims
arising out of the sale of his mortgage and foreclosure on his home. The Defendants
moved to dismiss on res judicata grounds. Quattlebaum sought to amend his complaint,
but the district court denied the motions to amend and dismissed the complaint as barred
by res judicata. Quattlebaum appeals the district court’s order denying his motions to
amend his complaint as futile. We review de novo a district court’s denial of a motion to
amend on futility grounds. United States ex rel. Ahumada v. NISH, 756 F.3d 268, 274
(4th Cir. 2014). As the district court concluded, res judicata would bar litigation of the
claims Quattlebaum sought to add. See Pueschel v. United States, 369 F.3d 345, 354-55
(4th Cir. 2004) (providing elements of res judicata). Accordingly, we affirm the district
court’s ruling. 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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