Brandi Murphy v. Jonathan Franklin

UNPUBLISHED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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

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