Robert Harris v. Patrick Donahoe

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:14-cv-00427-REP. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999723060]. Mailed to: Appellant. [15-1695]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1695

ROBERT W. HARRIS,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
PATRICK R. DONAHOE,
Postal Service,

Postmaster

General,

United

States

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Robert E. Payne, Senior
District Judge. (3:14-cv-00427-REP)

Submitted:

November 24, 2015

Decided:

December 22, 2015

Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert W. Harris, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Wu, Assistant
United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert
dismissing

W.

Harris

appeals

this

action

alleging

the

district

employment

court’s

order

discrimination

failure to state a claim, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).

for

After de

novo review, see Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555
(2007), we conclude that dismissal was proper.
liberal

construction

unintelligible

of

factual

the

complaint,

allegations

were

we

find

Even with a
that

insufficient

Harris’
to

give

rise to an inference of liability and that his claims for relief
were largely unintelligible.

See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S.

662, 679 (2009); Giarrantano v. Johnson, 521 F.3d 298, 302 (4th
Cir.

2015).

We

accordingly

affirm.

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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