Geoffrey Akers v. Carlos Gutierrez

Filing 920090803

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1028

GEOFFREY R. AKERS, DR., P.E.-, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Secretary of Commerce; PATRICIA BOYLAN, Director-OCR/US Patent Office, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:07-cv-01000-CMH-TCB)

Submitted:

July 30, 2009

Decided:

August 3, 2009

Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Geoffrey R. Akers, Appellant Pro Se. Dennis Carl Barghaan, Jr., Monika L. Moore, Catherine DeRoever Wood, Assistant United States Attorneys, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Geoffrey R. Akers appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his

employment discrimination action. and find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record

Accordingly, we affirm for the Akers v. Gutierrez, No.

reasons stated by the district court.

1:07-cv-01000-CMH-TCB (E.D. Va. filed July 30, 2008 & entered Aug. 1, 2008). We dispense We deny Akers' motion for a copy of the record. oral argument because the facts and legal

with

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

AFFIRMED

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