Board of Trustees Masters v. Santina Carney, No. 14-1300 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1300 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS PENSION PLAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLAN; BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASTERS MATES & PILOTS HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. SANTINA M. CARNEY, Defendant Appellant, DENNIS J. CARNEY, Defendant - Appellee, and NILSA CARNEY, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, Senior District Judge. (1:13-cv-01005-WMN) Submitted: June 26, 2014 Decided: Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. July 1, 2014 Santina M. Carney, Appellant Pro Se. Edward R. Mackiewicz, Richard Louis Trumka, Jr., STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP, Washington, D.C., Thomas John Schetelich, FERGUSON, SCHETELICH & BALLEW, PA, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Santina M. Carney appeals the district court s orders precluding her from challenging the validity of a 1983 divorce decree and determining that she has no claim for benefits under her former husband s pension plan, retirement plan, or health and benefit plan, reconsideration. reversible error. and We also denying have reviewed Accordingly, we the her deny record motion leave and to for find no proceed in forma pauperis, deny Carney s motion for appointment of counsel, and dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the district court. Board of Trustees Masters Mates & Pilots Pension Plan v. Carney, No. 1:13-cv-01005-WMN (D. Md. Dec. 3, 2013; Mar. 11, 2014). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. DISMISSED 3

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