B.G. v. Sam Malhotra, No. 16-1837 (4th Cir. 2017)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1837 B.G., By Her Next Friend B.G., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SAM MALHOTRA, In his Official Capacity as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources; PETER BUESGENS, In His Official Capacity as Director of the Worcester County Department of Social Services; TERESA WALLER, In Her Individual and Official Capacity Worcester County Department of Social Services; SHAE NOTTINGHAM, In Her Individual and Official Capacity Worcester County Department of Social Services; KIMBERLY LINTON, In Her Individual and Official Capacity Worcester County Department of Social Services, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (1:15-cv-02663-RDB) Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 27, 2017 Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Robert McCaig, LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC., Salisbury, Maryland, for Appellant. Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General, Ann M. Sheridan, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: B.G., court’s by order her next denying friend, relief B.G., on her appeals 42 U.S.C. the district § 1983 (2012) complaint challenging a state court child custody proceeding. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. B.G. v. Malhotra, No. 1:15-cv-02663-RDB (D. Md. June 20, 2016). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal before contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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