Exum v. D'Amours

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1328

DANA EXUM, Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

NORMAN E. D’AMOURS, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District Judge. (CA-97-1007-A)

Submitted: October 30, 1998 Decided: December 14, 1998

Before ERVIN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dana Exum, Appellant Pro Se. Leslie Bonner McClendon, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Dana Exum appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant in this employment discrimination action. We have reviewed the record and the district court’s order and find no reversible error. With regard to Exum’s claim that she was sub- jected to disparate treatment because of her race, we find Exum failed to produce evidence that Defendant’s legitimate, non- discriminatory reasons for the adverse employment actions were pretextual. See Texas Dep’t of Community Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 252-53 (1981). Moreover, we find the district court’s denial of relief on Exum’s retaliation claim proper because she failed to show a causal connection between her protected activity and the adverse employment actions. See Ross v. Communications Satellite Corp., 759 F.2d 35, 365 (4th Cir. 1985). Finally, we find meritless Exum’s contentions that the district court did not prop- erly determine the scope of adverse employment action and improp- erly found her documentation to be hearsay.

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade- quately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED