UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

BETTY M. RUSMISELL; ANN  RUSMISELL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GERALD LOCKE SMITH; JOHN BUSCH; The law firm of Busch & Talbott, L.C.; JIMMIE L. GREEN; R. MARK HARPER; WILLIAM E. MCKNIGHT; THOMAS KEADLE, Honorable; JAMES D. LAROSA; ANKER ENERGY CORPORATION; SPRUCE FORKS COAL; JOHN T. HASKINS; RAYMOND F. PHILLIPS; BASS ENERGY, INCORPORATED; JOHN M. BOWERS; EUGENE C. SUDER; NORMAND HALE; MIKE ROSS, Senator; MIKE ROSS,  No. 00-1243 INCORPORATED; VIRGIL MILLER; JAMES DANIEL MOODY; JEFFREY ST. CLAIR; MAGISTRATE COURT OF UPSHUR COUNTY; CIRCUIT COURT OF Upshur County; SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA; JAMES ROSS; TROY BRADY; GREG ANDREWS; LARRY MARSH; UNKNOWN FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF SHERIFF; CHARLIE MCCOURT; JUANITA ADAMS; JAMES WOODY; DALE WOODY; M. HUGH HEFNER; STEPHEN A. HOLMES; LAURA RUSMISELL; DEAN EVERETT; MARGARETE GROSE, Defendants-Appellees,  2 RUSMISELL v. SMITH

and  AUBREY A. WILSON,  Defendant.  BETTY M. RUSMISELL; ANN  RUSMISELL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GERALD LOCKE SMITH; JOHN BUSCH; The law firm of Busch & Talbott, L.C.; JIMMIE L. GREEN; R. MARK HARPER; WILLIAM E. MCKNIGHT; THOMAS KEADLE, Honorable; JAMES D. LAROSA; ANKER ENERGY CORPORATION; SPRUCE FORKS COAL;  No. 00-1479 JOHN T. HASKINS; RAYMOND F. PHILLIPS; BASS ENERGY, INCORPORATED; JOHN M. BOWERS; EUGENE C. SUDER; NORMAND HALE; MIKE ROSS, Senator; MIKE ROSS, INCORPORATED; VIRGIL MILLER; JAMES DANIEL MOODY; JEFFREY ST. CLAIR; MAGISTRATE COURT OF UPSHUR COUNTY; CIRCUIT COURT OF Upshur County; SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA;  RUSMISELL v. SMITH 3

JAMES ROSS; TROY BRADY; GREG  ANDREWS; LARRY MARSH; UNKNOWN FEMALE EMPLOYEE OF SHERIFF; CHARLIE MCCOURT; JUANITA ADAMS; JAMES WOODY; DALE WOODY; M. HUGH HEFNER; STEPHEN A. HOLMES; LAURA RUSMISELL; DEAN EVERETT;  MARGARETE GROSE, Defendants-Appellees, and AUBREY A. WILSON, Defendant.  Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Elkins. Robert Earl Maxwell, Senior District Judge. (CA-98-23-2)

Submitted: September 29, 2000

Decided: October 20, 2000

Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

No. 00-1243 affirmed and No. 00-1479 affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.

COUNSEL

Betty M. Rusmisell, Ann Rusmisell, Appellants Pro Se. John Everett Busch, BUSCH & TALBOTT, Elkins, West Virginia; Daniel C. Coo- per, Robert Eugene Gifford, Michael S. Garrison, James Douglas Gray, Michael Kozakewich, Jr., STEPTOE & JOHNSON, Clarks- 4 RUSMISELL v. SMITH

burg, West Virginia; Harold Stanford Yost, Bridgeport, West Vir- ginia; James A. Walls, Morgantown, West Virginia; John M. Bowers, French Creek, West Virginia; Ellen R. Archibald, KESNER, KES- NER & BRAMBLE, Charleston, West Virginia; Normand Hale, Buckhannon, West Virginia; William Tracey Weber, Jr., WEBER & WEBER, Weston, West Virginia; Norman Thomas Farley, WEST & JONES, Clarksburg, West Virginia; Terry D. Reed, HYMES & COONTS, Buckhannon, West Virginia; Laura Rusmisell, Buckhan- non, West Virginia; Dean Everett, Buckhannon, West Virginia; T. Keith Gould, WILSON & BAILEY, Weston, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In No. 00-1243, Betty M. Rusmisell and Ann Rusmisell appeal the district court’s orders denying relief in an action filed pursuant to

(West Supp. 2000) and various other federal statutes and denying their motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s orders and find no reversible error. Spe- cifically, the district court correctly found that the Plaintiffs had failed to state a claim for conspiracy, discrimination, deprivation of due pro- cess and property, abridgement of the right to free speech, and denial of access to the courts. Nor did they state a claim under the Ameri- cans with Disabilities Act.

Further, summary judgment was correctly entered for the various "law enforcement defendants" on claims including the excessive use of force, malicious prosecution, false arrest, and denial of medical attention. The record reveals that the force used to restrain Ann Rusmisell was reasonable and necessary under the circumstances, see Taylor v. McDuffie,

(4th Cir. 1998). Further, with RUSMISELL v. SMITH 5

regard to the Fourth Amendment claims of malicious prosecution and false arrest, Ann cannot show that the underlying proceedings, which resulted in convictions, terminated on terms favorable to her. See Lambert v. Williams,

,

(4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2000) (No. 99-1819). Finally, because Ann admits that she failed to complain about a purported injury to her hand, and no injury was apparent, her claim for inadequate medical care had no merit. See Miltier v. Beorn,

(4th Cir. 1990).

In short, there was no merit to any of the allegations in this action. We therefore affirm the district court’s decision in No. 00-1243.

In No. 00-1479, the Rusmisells appeal the district court’s order awarding $64,831.93 in attorney’s fees under

(b) (1994). The district court did not abuse its discretion in finding the lawsuit to be frivolous and initiated because the Plaintiffs desired revenge for a partition action brought in West Virginia state court. However, because the district court did not apply the factors identi- fied in Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express,

(5th Cir. 1974), in setting the amount of the fee award, it is impossible to deter- mine whether the amount awarded was an abuse of discretion. There- fore, we must vacate the fee award and remand for application of the Johnson factors. See EEOC v. Service News Co.,

(4th Cir. 1990); Barber v. Kimbrell’s, Inc.,

, 226 n.28 (4th Cir. 1978).

We accordingly affirm the decision in No. 00-1243. The decision in No. 00-1479 is affirmed with respect to the decision that attorney’s fees should be awarded but vacated and remanded with respect to the amount of fees. The various motions to strike the Appellants’ briefs are denied. The motion to strike Aubrey Wilson as a party to the appeal is granted. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

No. 00-1243 - AFFIRMED NO. 00-1479 - AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED AND REMANDED IN PART