Torina A. Collis v. Bank of America, National Asso

Filing 920100126

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-2058

TORINA A. COLLIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District Judge. (8:06-cv-01346-PJM)

Submitted:

January 19, 2010

Decided:

January 26, 2010

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Torina A. Collis, Appellant Pro Se. Elena D. MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Marcuss,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Torina A. Collis filed a civil action alleging she was terminated in violation of the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Collis appeals Act, the 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A (West Supp. 2009). summary

district

court's

order

granting

judgment, for reasons stated from the bench, in favor of the Defendant. Accordingly, we affirm. See Livingston v. Wyeth,

Inc., 520 F.3d 344, 351 (4th Cir. 2008) (discussing elements needed to establish a retaliation claim under the Act). dispense with oral argument because the facts and We legal

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

AFFIRMED

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