Deepak Mehra v. United States Department of Labor

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: September 4, 2025
• Docket: 23-2280
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-2280

DEEPAK MEHRA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. Gina M. Groh, District Judge. (3:22-cv-00062-GMG-RWT)

Submitted: August 19, 2025 Decided: September 4, 2025

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Deepak Mehra, Appellant Pro Se. Sarah J. Starrett, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C.; Wendy G. Adkins, JACKSON KELLY PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellees.

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PER CURIAM:

Deepak Mehra appeals the district court’s order awarding summary judgment to the

United States Department of Labor and affirming the Administrative Review Board’s

December 21, 2021, decision, which summarily affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s

June 29, 2021, order denying Mehra’s complaint for damages related to his employment at

West Virginia University under an H-1B nonimmigrant visa. Having reviewed de novo

the administrative record, and after considering the parties’ submissions on appeal, we

conclude that the Administrative Review Board’s decision is neither arbitrary nor

capricious and is supported by substantial evidence. See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (E);

Greater Mo. Med. Pro-Care Providers, Inc. v. Perez, 812 F.3d 1132, 1136-37 (8th Cir.

2015). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. * Mehra v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor,

No. 3:22-cv-00062-GMG-RWT (N.D. W. Va. Nov. 7, 2023). 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

* In addition to rejecting Mehra’s contentions of error related to the administrative proceedings, we also reject Mehra’s arguments on appeal that he was entitled to extra- record discovery and that the district judge should have recused herself. See 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), (b); Camp v. Pitts, 411 U.S. 138, 142 (1973).