Ronnie Howard v. Red Lobster

693 F. App'x 270

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: July 27, 2017
• Docket: 17-1570
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Ronnie Lee Howard seeks to appeal the district court’s judgment dismissing his complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (2012) for failing to exhaust his administrative claims. Howard timely filed a notice of appeal, to which he attached a Notice of Right to Sue letter indicating he had administratively exhausted several of his claims. The district court construed the notice of appeal to include a motion to reconsider its dismissal order under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) and entered an order, transmitted to this court, stating that it was inclined to grant reconsideration. Although the district court advised Howard to request a limited remand from this court to permit reconsideration, Howard has not done so. In the interest of judicial efficiency, however, we remand for the limited purpose of allowing the district court to rule on the pending motion to reconsider. See Fobian v. Storage Tech. Corp., 164 F.3d 887 (4th Cir. 1999). The record, as supplemented, will then be returned to this court -for further consideration. If dissatisfied with the district court’s Rule 60(b) ruling, Howard can also appeal that order to this court. 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.

REMANDED