Brian Robinson v. Centers for Disease Control

Filing 920100608

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-2250

BRIAN CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, Plaintiff ­ Appellant, v. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; MICHAEL O. LEVITT, Secretary of Health & Human Services; JULIE L. GERBERDING, Director, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; RON TURSKI, Former Philadelphia Regional Consultant National Regional Consultant Director Division of STD Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; MARTIN GOLDBERG, Former Program Manager, Philadelphia STD Control Program, Consultant (Contractual) Philadelphia STD Control Program; MELINDA SALMON, Program Manager, Philadelphia STD Control Program; ROBERT JOHNSON, Director, Outbreak Response Division of HIV / STD Virginia Department of Health; JO VALENTINE, Coordinator, Syphilis Elimination Program PDSB/ DSTDP/ NCHSTP Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; BARBARA WILLS-HOOKS, Field & Operations Manager, Centers for Disease Control in Philadelphia; MICHAEL CASSELL, National Rapid Response Coordinator Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; PATRICIA FULLBRIGHT, Field Staff Administration, Official Timekeeper National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; JOHN DOUGLAS, M.D., Former Director, Division of STD Prevention (NCHSTP) Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; DAVID JOHNSON, National Rapid Response Coordinator Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; LENA CHATMAN, National Rapid Response Manager Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; DAYNE COLLINS, Program Consultant, Baltimore Maryland National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; CARLTON DUNCAN, Former Acting Deputy Chief Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; MICHAEL MILNECK, Former Acting Associate Director for Management & Operations National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; SUSAN DELISLE, Former Chief Program

Development National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; KIM SEECHUK, Former Deputy Chief National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; AUDREY DURR, Field Staff Personal National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; ALEX PHILLIPS, Assistant Program Manager Screening & Surveillance Philadelphia STD Control Program; ANTHONY GERARD, Lead Public Health Advisor (RRT) Philadelphia STD Control Program; CAROLYN TUNSTALL, Former Contractual Supervisor, Philadelphia STD Control Program Field Operations Manager National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; VERNON PRESSLEY, Former Supervisor, Philadelphia STD Control Program Lead Public Health Advisor National Centers for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Defendants ­ Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge. (1:07-cv-02102-BEL)

Submitted:

May 10, 2010

Decided:

June 8, 2010

Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brian Christopher Robinson, Appellant Pro Se. Melanie Lisa Glickson, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Brian Christopher Robinson appeals the district

court's order granting Defendants' motion to dismiss his claim under the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (2006), as well as his claims for wrongful termination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of contract, and denying his

motion to stay the district court proceedings pending discovery and for issuance of a scheduling order. record and find no reversible for oral error. We have reviewed the Accordingly, and to refer we deny

Robinson's

motions

argument

"special

matters" to the United States Attorney General, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b), and affirm the district court's judgment. Robinson v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, See No.

1:07-cv-02102-BEL (D. Md. Sept. 25, 2008). oral argument because in the the facts and legal

We dispense with contentions the court are and

adequately

presented

materials

before

argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED

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