Kenneth Meredith v. Russell County School Board

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999940721]. [15-2293]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2293

KENNETH MEREDITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RUSSELL COUNTY SCHOOL
Schools,

BOARD,

d/b/a

Russell

County

Public

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Abingdon.
James P. Jones, District
Judge. (1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS)

Submitted:

September 12, 2016

Before GREGORY,
Judges.

Chief

Judge,

Decided:

and

TRAXLER

and

October 4, 2016

KING,

Circuit

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard F. Hawkins, III, HAWKINS LAW FIRM, PC, Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellant.
M. Katherine Patton, CHAFIN LAW FIRM
PC, Lebanon, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Kenneth

Meredith

appeals

the

district

court’s

order

granting summary judgment to Defendant in Meredith’s 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 (2012) civil rights action in which Meredith asserted a
First Amendment retaliation claim.
and find no reversible error.

We have reviewed the record

Accordingly, we affirm for the

reasons stated by the district court.

See Meredith v. Russell

Cty. Sch. Bd., No. 1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS (W.D. Va. Sept. 21,
2015).
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
AFFIRMED

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