James Tolle v. Ralph Northam
James Tolle v. Ralph Northam
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-2106
JAMES TOLLE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:20-cv-00363-LMB-MSN)
Submitted: January 11, 2022 Decided: January 20, 2022
Before THACKER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed as modified and affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Tolle, Appellant Pro Se. Calvin Cameron Brown, Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
James Tolle appeals from the district court’s orders granting Defendants’ motion to
dismiss and dismissing his civil action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying
his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to alter or amend judgment. We have reviewed the record
and find no reversible error in the district court’s determinations that Tolle’s complaint was
moot and that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint as a result and its
denial of the Rule 59(e) motion. The dismissal of Tolle’s complaint, however, should have
been without prejudice. See S. Walk at Broadlands Homeowner’s Ass’n, Inc. v. OpenBand
at Broadlands, LLC,
713 F.3d 175, 185(4th Cir. 2013). We therefore modify the district
court’s dismissal order to reflect that the dismissal of Tolle’s complaint is without
prejudice, affirm the dismissal as modified, see
28 U.S.C. § 2106, and affirm the district
court’s order denying Tolle’s Rule 59(e) motion. Tolle v. Northam, No. 1:20-cv-00363-
LMB-MSN (E.D. Va. July 29 & Sept. 16, 2021).
We deny Tolle’s motion requesting oral arguments and 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 AS MODIFIED; AFFIRMED
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Reference
- Status
- Unpublished