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Civil litigation — Default Judgment — Appellate review Appellants Leautry Dixon and Valerie Dixon were sued by Appellee Bank of America, N.A. (“BOA”) in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. They failed to respond to the complaint, failed to ...

Civil litigation — Pre-filing order — Self-represented litigant This appeal arisesfrom an order issued by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County prohibiting Nenad Markovic, appellant, from filing as a self-represented litigant, any new pleadings in a closed civil action that ...

Civil litigation — Move to amend complaint — Futility Diana Miller appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, the Honorable Lawrence Fletcher-Hill, presiding, that dismissed, without leave to amend, the second amended complaint in Miller’s civil ...

Civil litigation — Default judgment — Motion to open and modify The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County entered judgment in favor of S.F.C., LLC (“Appellee”) after it filed a complaint for default on a confessed judgment note seeking damages ...

Civil litigation — Failure to state a claim — Dismissal In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Richard Peamon, appellant, filed suit against Pep Boys, Inc.,1 appellee, alleging, inter alia, that he was overbilled for repairs to his vehicle. Mr. ...

Civil litigation — Gubernatorial authority — Withdrawal of regulation On January 16, 2015, the Maryland Department of the Environment (“MDE”) adopted a regulation controlling nitrogen oxide emissions from coal-fired power plants (the “NOx Regulation”) and submitted a notice of adoption ...

Civil litigation — No substantial justifications — Sanctions This appeal requires us to explore when pursuing a legal theory without substantial justification may result in an award of sanctions pursuant to Rule 1-341 against (1) an attorney and (2) a ...

Civil litigation — Attorney’s fee lien — Retainer agreement Richard Butchok represented the estate of James Shannon in a personal injury action. After withdrawing from the representation for health reasons, Mr. Butchok filed a statutory attorney’s fee lien and attempted ...

Civil litigation — Bad-faith conduct — Sanctions This is the second appeal to this Court by Pamela Quarstein and her lawyer, Gene Foehl, from the imposition of sanctions against them arising out of their conduct in the immediate aftermath of ...

Civil litigation — Dismissal of claim or defense — Need for a hearing William H. Dennis, appellant, noted an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County granting summary judgment in favor of Beckett Green Condominium, Inc., ...