UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-1523

SHERRY D. BATTLE, Plaintiff - Appellant, and

ELITE CHILD, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, versus

KADOSH, INCORPORATED, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge. (CA-99-857-2)

Submitted: November 30, 2000 Decided: December 7, 2000

Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Sherry D. Battle, Appellant Pro Se. Ira Michael Steingold, STEIN- GOLD & MENDELSON, Portsmouth, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Sherry D. Battle appeals from the district court’s order dis- missing a civil complaint filed by a corporation, Elite Child, Inc., in which she is the sole shareholder. The notice of appeal was signed only by Battle, who is not an attorney. It is well settled that a corporation cannot appear in federal court except through its attorney. Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02 (1993). Accordingly, we grant the Appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma- terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED