Dione Thomas v. Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. ( 2017 )

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1860 DIONE M. THOMAS, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTION, INC.; SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, INC.; JACOBS FEDERAL NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC, Defendants – Appellees, and FNS JACOBS; KENUANA ENGRAM; PATRICIA SHEA; VERNON SAUNDERS; DEBORAH DRAKE, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cv-00596-CMH-MSN) Submitted: January 31, 2017 Decided: February 14, 2017 Before SHEDD and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed in part; affirmed in part as modified by unpublished per curiam opinion. Dione M. Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Anessa Abrams, Jacquelyn Lorraine Thompson, FORD HARRISON LLP, Washington, D.C.; Christopher Eric Humber, OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART, PC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Dione M. Thomas appeals the district court’s orders granting defendants’ motions to dismiss her second amended complaint in this employment discrimination action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of count I for the reasons stated by the district court. We likewise affirm the dismissal of count II, but as modified to reflect dismissal of that count without prejudice. Thomas v. Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., No. 1:15-cv-00596-CMH-MSN (E.D. Va. filed July 19, 2016 & entered July 20, 2016; July 27, 2016). We grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART AS MODIFIED 3