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Grooms v. Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Admin. Med. Ctr.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 31, 2016
656 F. App'x 27 (4th Cir. 2016)

Summary

affirming dismissal for failure to comply with the expert certification requirements

Summary of this case from Hill v. Stokes

Opinion

No. 16-1148

08-31-2016

LINDA GROOMS, Administratrix of the Estate of John Grooms, Sr., deceased, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER; COLUMBIA/HCA JOHN RANDOLPH, INC.; VAN GO, INC., Defendants - Appellees.

Linda Grooms, Appellant Pro Se. Margaret Harker, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Tracy Taylor Hague, LECLAIR RYAN, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Janeen Beth Koch, KALBAUGH, PFUND & MESSERSMITH, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.


UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., District Judge. (3:14-cv-00849-JAG) Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Linda Grooms, Appellant Pro Se. Margaret Harker, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia; Tracy Taylor Hague, LECLAIR RYAN, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Janeen Beth Koch, KALBAUGH, PFUND & MESSERSMITH, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Linda Grooms appeals the district court's order dismissing her civil action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Grooms v. Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Admin. Med. Ctr., No. 3:14-cv-00849-JAG (E.D. Va. Jan. 11, 2016); see also Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-20.1 (2015). We deny Grooms' motions to amend caption and to appoint counsel as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED


Summaries of

Grooms v. Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Admin. Med. Ctr.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Aug 31, 2016
656 F. App'x 27 (4th Cir. 2016)

affirming dismissal for failure to comply with the expert certification requirements

Summary of this case from Hill v. Stokes
Case details for

Grooms v. Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Admin. Med. Ctr.

Case Details

Full title:LINDA GROOMS, Administratrix of the Estate of John Grooms, Sr., deceased…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Aug 31, 2016

Citations

656 F. App'x 27 (4th Cir. 2016)

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