Alexia Burno-Whalen v. State

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-2089
ALEXIA BURNO-WHALEN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF MARYLAND; TROOPER OLIVER OKAFOR; TROOPER R.
HOBBS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Gina Simms, Magistrate Judge. (8:15-cv-00564-GLS)
Submitted: August 26, 2020 Decided: September 3, 2020
Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Alexia Burno-Whalen, Appellant Pro Se. Ephraim R. Siff, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Pikesville, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Following a traffic accident to which Trooper First Class Oliver Okafor and Trooper
First Class Robert Hobbs responded, Alexia Burno-Whalen filed a civil action against
Okafor, Hobbs, and the State of Maryland (collectively, “Defendants”), asserting common
law claims of battery and false arrest, as well as claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury
returned a verdict in favor of Defendants on all counts, and the magistrate judge entered
judgment accordingly. * Burno-Whalen now appeals. Upon review of the record, we
conclude that Burno-Whalen did not adequately preserve the issues she seeks to raise on
appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate judge’s judgment. 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
*
The parties consented to jurisdiction before a magistrate judge pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73.
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