Thomas Soul v. Movado Retail Group, Incorpora

Filing 920081204

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1072

THOMAS J. E. SOUL, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MOVADO RETAIL GROUP, INCORPORATED; RICK ABOUL-HOSN; MAN CHOI; VICTORIA CUMUYANI, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge. (1:07-cv-00365-GBL-BRP)

Submitted:

October 23, 2008

Decided:

December 4, 2008

Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas J. E. Soul, Appellant Pro Se. Rafael E. Morell, Francina Segbefia, OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Thomas J. E. Soul appeals the district court's order granting Defendant's motion for summary judgment on Soul's

employment discrimination action. find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record and

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons Soul v. Movado Retail Group, Inc., Moreover, we find the

stated by the district court.

No. 1:07-cv-00365-GBL-BRP (Nov. 8, 2007).

district court neither abused its discretion in ordering Soul to pay Movado's attorneys' fees incurred in connection with Soul's failure to comply with discovery orders nor erred in declining to provide Soul with court-appointed counsel. We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

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