In re: PATRICIA L. HARRISON.… v. the South Carolina Department of Health

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1383
In re: PATRICIA L. HARRISON.
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PATRICIA L. HARRISON,
Respondent - Appellant,
ESTATE OF LATOYA NICOLE VALENTINE, by and through Debra Grate,
Personal Representative; DEBRA GRATE, in her individual capacity,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES; THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR; HENRY D. MCMASTER;
NIMRATA “NIKKI” HALEY; JOSHUA BAKER; CHRISTIAN SOURA; THE
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL
NEEDS; MARY POOLE; PATRICK J. MALEY; LOIS PARK MOLE; SUSAN
BECK; BEVERLY BUSCEMI; STANLEY BUTKUS; KATHI LACY; WILLIAM
BARFIELD; THOMAS WARING; ROBERT KERR; WILLIAM DANIELSON,
Defendants - Appellees,
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; PICKENS COUNTY DISABILITIES AND
SPECIAL NEEDS BOARD; ELAINE THENA; JOHN OWENS; DIANE
ANDERSON,
Defendants,
WILLIAM BOUTON
Respondent.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:18-cv-00895-JFA)
Submitted: February 7, 2023 Decided: February 21, 2023
Before WILKINSON and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Patricia Logan Harrison, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr.,
William Grayson Lambert, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Columbia, South Carolina; William Henry Davidson, II, Kenneth Paul Woodington,
DAVIDSON, WREN & DEMASTERS, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; Damon C.
Wlodarczyk, RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; James Houston
Burns, Matthew Douglas Patterson, Thadeous Herbert Westbrook, III, Columbia, South
Carolina, Miles Edward Coleman, NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH
LLP, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Patricia L. Harrison appeals the district court’s order sanctioning her pursuant to
Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. We review for abuse of discretion a district court’s order granting
sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. Morris v. Wachovia Sec., Inc., 448 F.3d 268, 277 (4th
Cir. 2006). After reviewing the record, the parties’ briefs, and the district court’s thorough
order, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Estate of Valentine v. South
Carolina, No. 3:18-cv-00895-JFA (D.S.C. Mar. 29, 2022). We deny Harrison’s motions
for judicial notice and for a stay pending appeal. 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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