Crystal Rivers v. United States

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-2248
CRYSTAL VL RIVERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; BILL TALBOTT; VIRGINIA STATE
CORPORATION COMMISSION; BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC., a/k/a Bank of the James; SELECT BANK FINANCIAL CORP; SELECT
BANK; J. MICHAEL THOMAS; OLD DOMINION NATIONAL BANK; MARK
MERRILL; KELLY POTTER; UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION, now
Atlantic Union Bankshares; UNION BANK AND TRUST, now Atlantic Union
Bank; successor of and formerly StellarOne Bank, formerly Planters Bank & Trust
Company of Virginia; ADVANTAGE TITLE & CLOSING LLC; JENNIFER
RICHARDSON; MATT FARISS; SHANA LESTER; RALPH BECK; S & R
FARM, LLC; BBOYZ LLC; SERENITY ACRES FARM LLC; SETH ELI
TWERY, VSB #20031; NORTHCREEK INC. NORTH CREEK
CONSTRUCTION; DAVID EDMUNDSON; KELLY EDMUNDSON; SERENE
CREEK RUN ASSOCIATION; TRAVIS BAKER; JENNIFER BAKER;
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN; LOREN FRIEDMAN; RICHARD ROGERS; BETH
ROGERS; MATTHEW KRYCINSKI; SARAH KRYCINSKI; MICHAEL
BRADBURY; HOWARD FREAR; BARBARA FREAR; WILLIAM FLUKER;
MICHELLE FLUKER; MARGIE CALLAHAN; ROBERT BEACH; BRANCH
BANKING & TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA; MARK DOUGLAS LOFTIS,
VSB #79538; SAMEER PATEL, M.D., VSB #65811; SHERRI SACKETT; PETER
C. SACKETT,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA; CITY OF
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA; KAREN DEER; MARYLOU PRILLIMAN; E.
JOSEPH FACE, JR., Commissioner; ROBERT R. CHAPMAN, III; LIBERTY
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UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED; LAURA J. WALLACE; LISA L. SCHENKEL,
VSB #21521; SHERWOOD SUNDERLAND DAY, VSB #15128; FRANK W.
MORRISON, VSB #07549; STEVEN R. GRANT, VSB #27178; TED COUNTS
REALTY GROUP AND AUCTION CO INC.; FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION; IRS; ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA; STATE
CORPORATION COMMISSION; BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS;
PRESCOTT H. GAY, SR., VSB #17727,
Defendants.
No. 21-2408
CRYSTAL VL RIVERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE; BILL TALBOTT; VIRGINIA STATE
CORPORATION COMMISSION; BANK OF THE JAMES FINANCIAL GROUP,
INC., a/k/a Bank of the James; SELECT BANK FINANCIAL CORP; SELECT
BANK; J. MICHAEL THOMAS; OLD DOMINION NATIONAL BANK; MARK
MERRILL; KELLY POTTER; UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION, now
Atlantic Union Bankshares; UNION BANK AND TRUST, now Atlantic Union
Bank; successor of and formerly StellarOne Bank, formerly Planters Bank & Trust
Company of Virginia; ADVANTAGE TITLE & CLOSING LLC; JENNIFER
RICHARDSON; MATT FARISS; SHANA LESTER; RALPH BECK; S & R
FARM, LLC; BBOYZ LLC; SERENITY ACRES FARM LLC; SETH ELI
TWERY, VSB #20031; NORTHCREEK INC. NORTH CREEK
CONSTRUCTION; DAVID EDMUNDSON; KELLY EDMUNDSON; SERENE
CREEK RUN ASSOCIATION; TRAVIS BAKER; JENNIFER BAKER;
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN; LOREN FRIEDMAN; RICHARD ROGERS; BETH
ROGERS; MATTHEW KRYCINSKI; SARAH KRYCINSKI; MICHAEL
BRADBURY; HOWARD FREAR; BARBARA FREAR; WILLIAM FLUKER;
MICHELLE FLUKER; MARGIE CALLAHAN; ROBERT BEACH; BRANCH
BANKING & TRUST COMPANY OF VIRGINIA; MARK DOUGLAS LOFTIS,
VSB #79538; SAMEER PATEL, M.D., VSB #65811; SHERRI SACKETT; PETER
C. SACKETT,
Defendants - Appellees,
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and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA; CITY OF
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA; KAREN DEER; MARYLOU PRILLIMAN; E.
JOSEPH FACE, JR., Commissioner; ROBERT R. CHAPMAN, III; LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED; LAURA J. WALLACE; LISA L. SCHENKEL,
VSB #21521; SHERWOOD SUNDERLAND DAY, VSB #15128; FRANK W.
MORRISON, VSB #07549; STEVEN R. GRANT, VSB #27178; TED COUNTS
REALTY GROUP AND AUCTION CO INC.; FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION; IRS; ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA; STATE
CORPORATION COMMISSION; BUREAU OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS;
PRESCOTT H. GAY, SR., VSB #17727,
Defendants.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Lynchburg. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (6:18-cv-00061-EKD-JCH)
Submitted: March 29, 2023 Decided: May 9, 2023
Before WYNN and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Crystal VL Rivers, Appellant Pro Se. Elaine Duross McCafferty, WOODS ROGERS,
PLC, Charlottesville, Virginia; Eric Daniel Chapman, COWANPERRY PC, Blacksburg,
Virginia; J.P. McGuire Boyd, Jr., WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond, Virginia; Maurice
Scott Fisher, Jr., HARMAN CLAYTOR CORRIGAN & WELLMAN, Glen Allen,
Virginia; Edward Albion Armfield, OVERSTREET SLOAN, PLLC, Forest, Virginia;
Chad Allan Mooney, PETTY LIVINGSTON DAWSON & RICHARDS, Lynchburg,
Virginia; Alexander Spotswood de Witt, BUTLER SNOW LLP, Richmond, Virginia;
Bryan Grimes Williams Creasy, Sr., John Dickens Eure, JOHNSON AYERS &
MATTHEWS, PLC, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Crystal VL Rivers appeals the district court’s orders denying her motions for relief
under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771; to file a third amended
complaint; to certify as appealable the dismissal of certain claims under Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); and for relief from the court’s final judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). Having
reviewed the record and the arguments Rivers advances on appeal, we discern no reversible
error in the district court’s decisions. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders.
In addition, we grant the motion for Rivers to file untimely reply briefs, and we deny the
motion to convert from unpublished to published a prior opinion of this court. 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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