Thornton v. Mukasey , 284 F. App'x 34 ( 2008 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-1988
JOHNNY D. THORNTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 07-2097
JOHNNY D. THORNTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney General,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:06-cv-00397-GBL)
Submitted: July 2, 2008 Decided: July 21, 2008
Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher D. Vaughn, MELVILLE JOHNSON, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia,
for Appellant. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney, Dennis C.
Barghaan, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria,
Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals,* Johnny D. Thornton
appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to his
former employer in his action alleging violations of § 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a) (2000), and Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e - 2000e-17
(2000). This court reviews a district court’s order granting
summary judgment de novo, viewing the facts and drawing reasonable
inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.
Doe v. Kidd, 501 F.3d 348, 353 (4th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128
S. Ct. 1483 (2008). Summary judgment is proper “if the pleadings,
the discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits
show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and
that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed.
R. Civ. P. 56(c); see Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322
(1986). With these standards in mind, we have thoroughly reviewed
the briefs and the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court
Thornton v. Mukasey, No. 1:06-cv-00397-GBL (E.D. Va. filed Aug. 27,
2007; entered Aug. 29, 2007). We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
*
The multiple appeals result from the fact that Thornton and
his counsel each filed a separate notice of appeal from the final
order of the district court.
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the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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