Choice Hotels International, Inc. v. Shiv, LLC

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-2195
CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SHIV, LLC; RASHIK M. PATEL; JAGDISH R. PATEL,
Defendants - Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge.
(CA-00-901-AW)
Submitted: February 28, 2001 Decided: March 19, 2001
Before WILLIAMS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Onkar N. Sharma, SHARMA & BHANDARI, Silver Spring, Maryland, for
Appellants. James G. Healy, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Shiv, L.L.C., Jagdish R. Patel, and Rashik M. Patel, appeal
the district court’s orders denying the motion to vacate the de-
fault judgment and denying the motion for reconsideration. The
Appellants claim that they established a meritorious defense to the
action and extraordinary circumstances warranted vacating the
default judgment. We have reviewed the record and the district
court’s memorandum opinion and find that the district court did not
abuse its discretion. See Brown v. French, 147 F.3d 307, 310 (4th
Cir. 1998); Heyman v. M.L. Mktg. Co., 116 F.3d 91, 94 (4th Cir.
1997). Insofar as this case concerns the appeal from the order
denying the motion to vacate the default judgment, we affirm on the
reasoning of the district court. See Choice Hotels Int’l v. Shiv,
L.L.C., No. CA-00-901-AW (D. Md. filed Aug. 8, 2000; entered Aug.
9, 2000). We also affirm the court’s marginal order denying the
motion for reconsideration. 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.
AFFIRMED
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