Barbara Beaver v. Pfizer, Inc. ( 2024 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-1127
BARBARA BEAVER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
PFIZER, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (1:23-cv-00281-MR)
Submitted: July 30, 2024 Decided: August 1, 2024
Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Barbara A. Beaver, Appellant Pro Se. Jason Michael Reefer, PIETRAGALLO GORDON
ALFANO BOSICK & RASPANTI LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Barbara Beaver appeals the district court’s order granting Defendant’s motion to
dismiss with prejudice Beaver’s complaint for failure to state a claim. Confining our
review to the issues raised in the informal brief, see 4th Cir. R. 34(b), we have reviewed
the record and find no reversible error. * Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.
Beaver v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00281-MR (W.D.N.C. Jan. 22, 2024). We 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
*
To the extent Beaver alleges that the district court was prejudiced against her, we
find no evidence of judicial bias. See United States v. Lentz, 524 F.3d 501, 530 (4th Cir.
2008) (describing required showing for judicial bias claim and recognizing that “judicial
rulings alone almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion” (internal
quotation marks omitted)).
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