Shirley Ugbo v. The Alliance Legal Group ( 2018 )


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  •                                     UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 17-2007
    SHIRLEY J. UGBO,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    THE ALLIANCE LEGAL GROUP, P.L.L.C.; THE LAW OFFICES OF STEVE
    C. TAYLOR, P.C.,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
    Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. (2:15-cv-00151-MSD-RJK)
    Submitted: February 28, 2018                                      Decided: March 16, 2018
    Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Shirley J. Ugbo, Appellant Pro Se. Steve Clayton Taylor, LAW OFFICES OF STEVE C.
    TAYLOR, PC, Chesapeake, Virginia, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Shirley J. Ugbo appeals the district court’s orders granting summary judgment to
    Defendants on her claims of retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
    1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2012 & Supp. 2017). We
    have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.            Accordingly, we affirm
    substantially for the reasons stated by the district court. * Ugbo v. All. Legal Grp., No.
    2:15-cv-00151-MSD-RJK (E.D. Va. Dec. 22, 2016; Aug. 2, 2017). 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
    *
    With respect to Ugbo’s claim that Defendants retaliated against her by issuing
    memoranda critical of her work performance that were later used to justify her
    termination, we conclude that Defendants offered a legitimate, nonretaliatory reason for
    issuing the memoranda and that Ugbo failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact
    as to pretext. See Guessous v. Fairview Prop. Invs., LLC, 
    828 F.3d 208
    , 216 (4th Cir.
    2016) (describing pretext framework).
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Document Info

Docket Number: 17-2007

Filed Date: 3/16/2018

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021