Opinion
No. 18-1445
02-07-2019
NEXUS SERVICES, INC.; MICHAEL DONOVAN; RICHARD MOORE, Plaintiffs - Appellants, AMY C.M. BURNS; MARY DONNE PETERS; MICHAEL J. GORBY; ANDRE ARIS HAKES, Appellants, v. DONALD LEE MORAN, in his Individual capacity and in his Official Capacity, as a Deputy Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia; DONALD L. SMITH, in his Individual capacity and in his Official capacity as a Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia; MICHAEL ROANE, in his Individual capacity and in his Official capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia, Defendants - Appellees, and DAVID L. BOURNE, in his Individual capacity; WANDA JEAN SHREWSBURY, in her Individual capacity and in her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Revenue of Augusta County, Virginia; GENE R. ERGENBRIGHT, in his Individual capacity and in his Official Capacity as a Business Tax Auditor for Augusta County, Virginia; JOHN DOES 1-20, Defendants.
Joseph R. Pope, WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Carlene Booth Johnson, PERRY LAW FIRM, Dillwyn, Virginia, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Harrisonburg. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (5:16-cv-00035-EKD-JCH) Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, THACKER, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Joseph R. Pope, WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Carlene Booth Johnson, PERRY LAW FIRM, Dillwyn, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
The Appellants, Nexus Services, Inc., Michael Donovan, and Richard Moore, and their attorneys below, Mary Peters, Amy Burns, Michael Gorby, and Andre Hakes, appeal the district court's award of attorney's fees against the Plaintiffs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) (2012), against the attorneys pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (2012), and alternatively pursuant to the court's inherent authority to sanction the parties, following the Plaintiffs' voluntary dismissal of their complaint alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). We have thoroughly reviewed the record and have found no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. 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 in the decisional process.
AFFIRMED