Battle v. Kadosh, Inc. ( 2000 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1523
SHERRY D. BATTLE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
and
ELITE CHILD, INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff,
versus
KADOSH, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge.
(CA-99-857-2)
Submitted: November 30, 2000 Decided: December 7, 2000
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Sherry D. Battle, Appellant Pro Se. Ira Michael Steingold, STEIN-
GOLD & MENDELSON, Portsmouth, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Sherry D. Battle appeals from the district court’s order dis-
missing a civil complaint filed by a corporation, Elite Child,
Inc., in which she is the sole shareholder. The notice of appeal
was signed only by Battle, who is not an attorney. It is well
settled that a corporation cannot appear in federal court except
through its attorney. Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, 506 U.S.
194, 201-02 (1993). Accordingly, we grant the Appellee’s motion to
dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma-
terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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