Wesley Smith, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 11-1446 (4th Cir. 2011)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 11-1446 WESLEY EDWARD SMITH, III, Plaintiff Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; VIRGINIA GENERAL REGISTRAR OFFICE; GOVERNOR BOB MCDONALD; TIM KAINE; KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, II; CATHERINE CROOKS-HILL; ROBERT A. DYBING; J. KIRK COURCEY SHOWALTER, Defendants Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior District Judge. (3:10-cv-00881-REP) Submitted: July 21, 2011 Before NIEMEYER and Senior Circuit Judge. GREGORY, Decided: Circuit Judges, July 25, 2011 and HAMILTON, Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Wesley Edward Smith, III, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen Michael Hall, Sydney Edmund Rab, Assistant Attorneys General, Richmond, Virginia; Robert R. Musick, THOMPSON MCMULLAN, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Alexander Francuzenko, COOK, KITTS & FRANCUZENKO, PLLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Wesley Edward Smith, III, appeals the district court s orders dismissing his civil action, imposing a monetary sanction against him, and enjoining him from filing further actions in that court. Smith s informal appellate brief does not address the monetary sanction, the filing injunction, or the district court s bases for dismissing the complaint. deem these issues abandoned. Accordingly, we See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Wahi v. Charleston Area Med. Ctr., Inc., 562 F.3d 599, 607 (4th Cir. 2009). We therefore affirm the district court s orders. Smith v. Virginia, No. 3:10-cv-00881-REP (E.D. Va. Apr. 8, 2011). dispense with oral argument because the facts and We legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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