Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. Nikki Haley, No. 12-1853 (4th Cir. 2012)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-1853 MARIE THERESE ASSA'AD-FALTAS, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. NIKKI HALEY, in her official capacity as the Governor of South Carolina; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Richard Mark Gergel, District Judge. (2:11-cv-02958-RMG) Submitted: November 20, 2012 Before TRAXLER, Judges. Chief Judge, Decided: November 26, 2012 and SHEDD and FLOYD, Circuit Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Marie Therese Assa ad-Faltas, Appellant Pro Se. Robert D. Cook, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, James Emory Smith, Jr., Assistant Carolina, for Appellees. Attorney General, Columbia, South Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Marie Therese Assa ad-Faltas, M.D., M.P.H., appeals the district court s order denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion asking that the district court reverse its denial of her motion to intervene in the district court action. Faltas has also moved for in forma pauperis status. Assa adWe have reviewed the record and find that Assa ad-Faltas s motion failed to establish any of the grounds necessary for Rule 60(b) relief. Accordingly, although we grant Assa ad-Faltas s application for in forma pauperis status, we affirm the district court s order. See Assa ad-Faltas v. Haley, No. 2:11-cv-02958-RMG (D.S.C. June 27, 2012). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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