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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-1462

BRANDI MURPHY, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JONATHAN FRANKLIN, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:22-cv-00096-JAG)

Submitted: December 31, 2024 Decided: April 3, 2025

Before WILKINSON and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brandi Murphy, Appellant Pro Se. Jeremy David Capps, Blaire Hawkins O’Brien, HARMAN CLAYTOR CORRIGAN & WELLMAN, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Brandi Murphy filed a complaint against Jonathan Franklin, an investigator with the King George County Department of Social Services, alleging that he committed fraud under Virginia law and violated her substantive due process rights during an investigation involving her family. The district court granted Franklin’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Murphy’s motion to strike Franklin’s informal response brief and affirm the district court’s order. Murphy v. Franklin, No. 3:22-cv- 00096-JAG (E.D. Va. Aug. 18, 2022). 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