White-El v. Conner ( 1999 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 98-7306
    MATTHEW C. WHITE-EL,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    versus
    REBECCA CONNER, Computer Instructor; TOM COLE-
    MAN, Treatment Specialist; J. W. TUCKER, Cap-
    tain, Assistant Warden; B. HILL, Counselor,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
    trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis-
    trict Judge. (CA-97-1363-AM)
    Submitted:   May 11, 1999                   Decided:   May 26, 1999
    Before HAMILTON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam.
    Matthew C. White-El, Appellant Pro Se. Martha Murphey Parrish,
    Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Matthew C. White-El appeals the district court’s order denying
    relief on his complaint under 
    42 U.S.C.A. § 1983
     (West Supp. 1998),
    and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e
    - 2000e-17 (West 1994 & Supp. 1998).   We have reviewed the record
    and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error.
    Accordingly, we affirm substantially on the reasoning of the dis-
    trict court.   See White-El v. Conner, No. CA-97-1363-AM (E.D. Va.
    Aug. 3, 1998).   We note that White-El’s retaliation claim fails
    because he cannot demonstrate that “but for” his alleged protected
    activity he would not have been terminated from his position as a
    teacher’s aide and transferred to another state facility.      See
    Huang v. Board of Governors, 
    902 F.2d 1134
    , 1140 (4th Cir. 1990).
    We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
    tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
    and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    AFFIRMED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 98-7306

Filed Date: 5/26/1999

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021