James Jones v. City of Frederick, Maryland, No. 08-1855 (4th Cir. 2008)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1855 JAMES JONES; SHARON JONES, Plaintiffs Appellants, v. CITY OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND; LOUMIS GENE ALSTON; DIANA MARIE KIMMEL; DEBBIE SHANKIE; JAMES HIRAM KIPPE, JR., Defendants Appellees, and FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND; STATE OF MARYLAND; SCOTT L. ROLLE; CHARLES J. SMITH; FREDERICK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Andre M. Davis, District Judge. (1:07cv-03010-AMD) Submitted: November 5, 2008 Decided: November 24, 2008 Before TRAXLER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Patrick Joseph Christmas, Stephen M. Gensemer, Justin Gregory Nunzio, Silver Spring, Maryland, for Appellants. David Bruce Stratton, JORDAN COYNE & SAVITS, Washington, D.C.; Kirsten E. Keating, BALLARD, SPAHR, ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Debbie Shankie, James Hiram Kippe, Jr., Appellees Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: James and Sharon Jones appeal a district court order granting summary judgment to the City of Frederick and Loumis Gene Alston and dismissing concerning James Jones dismissing their state their civil mistaken law arrest claims rights for arising complaint a crime and from the same incident. We have reviewed the record and the district court s memorandum opinion district court. and affirm for the reasons cited by the See Jones v. City of Frederick, Md., No. 1:07- cv-03010-AMD (D. Md. June 19, 2008). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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