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                                           UNPUBLISHED

                             UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                             No. 25-1544


        LOUIS B. ANTONACCI, an individual,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                    v.

        RAHM EMANUEL, an individual; STEPHEN B. SHAPIRO, an individual; PAUL
        J. KIERNAN, an individual; HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, a limited liability
        partnership; SETH T. FIRMENDER, an individual; FTI CONSULTING, INC., a
        for-profit corporation; ROKK SOLUTIONS LLC, a limited liability company;
        STORIJ, INC., d/b/a The So Company, d/b/a Driggs Research International, d/b/a
        STOR Technologies, a for-profit corporation; BEAN LLC, d/b/a Fusion GPS, a
        limited liability company; DERRAN EADDY, an individual; PERKINS COIE LLP,
        a general partnership; SEYFARTH SHAW, a limited liability partnership;
        MATTHEW J. GHERINGER, an individual,

                           Defendants - Appellees.



                                             No. 24-1545


        LOUIS B. ANTONACCI, an individual,

                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                    v.

        BEAN LLC, d/b/a Fusion GPS, a limited liability company,

                           Defendant - Appellee,

                    and
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        RAHM EMANUEL, an individual; STEPHEN B. SHAPIRO, an individual; PAUL
        J. KIERNAN, an individual; HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, a limited liability
        partnership; SETH T. FIRMENDER, an individual; ROKK SOLUTIONS LLC, a
        limited liability company; STORIJ, INC., d/b/a The So Company, d/b/a Driggs
        Research International, d/b/a STOR Technologies, a for-profit corporation; FTI
        CONSULTING, INC., a for-profit corporation; DERRAN EADDY, an individual;
        PERKINS COIE LLP, a general partnership; SEYFARTH SHAW, a limited liability
        partnership; MATTHEW J. GHERINGER, an individual,

                            Defendants.



        Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Alexandria. Michael Stefan Nachmanoff, District Judge; Lindsey Robinson Vaala,
        Magistrate Judge. (1:24-cv-00172-MSN-LRV)


        Submitted: April 2, 2025                                          Decided: April 9, 2025


        Before GREGORY and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


        ON BRIEF: Louis B. Antonacci, ANTONACCI PLLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for
        Appellant. John K. Roche, Barak Cohen, PERKINS COIE LLP, Washington, D.C.;
        Vernon W. Johnson, III, NIXON PEABODY LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jason M Crawford,
        Lyndsay A. Gorton, Amanda H. McDowell, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Washington,
        D.C.; Danny M. Howell, HOWELL & ROWLETT, PLLC, Vienna, Virginia; Gerald
        Zingone, Michael McNamara, Shelby Dyl, PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN
        LLP, Washington, D.C.; John M. Remy, Jason A. Ross, JACKSON LEWIS P.C., Reston,
        Virginia; Jonathan S. Deem, Joshua I. Hammack, Paul-Kalvin Collins, BAILEY &
        GLASSER, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.


        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.




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        PER CURIAM:

               In these consolidated cases, Louis B. Antonacci appeals the district court’s orders

        granting Defendants’ motions to dismiss Antonacci’s civil complaint (Appeal No. 24-

        1544), and the magistrate judge’s order denying Antonacci’s second request for entry of

        default against Defendant Bean, LLC, d/b/a Fusion GPS (Appeal No. 24-1545). We have

        reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the appealed from

        orders. Antonacci v. Emanuel, No. 1:24-cv-00172-MSN-LRV (E.D. Va. May 23, 2024;

        June 7, 2024). We also deny Antonacci’s motions to vacate the court’s order consolidating

        these appeals and for entry of summary reversal. 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




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