Twanda Smith v. Renal Treatment Centers

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-1304
TWANDA SMITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS – MID-ATLANTIC, INC., d/b/a Davita,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (1:16-cv-03656-RDB)
Submitted: August 17, 2018 Decided: August 31, 2018
Before TRAXLER, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robin R. Cockey, Ashley A. Bosché, COCKEY, BRENNAN & MALONEY, PC,
Salisbury, Maryland, for Appellant. Suzzanne W. Decker, Elisabeth K. Hall, MILES &
STOCKBRIDGE PC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Twanda Smith appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in
favor of Renal Treatment Centers-Mid-Atlantic, Inc., d/b/a DaVita (DaVita), on her race
discrimination claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42
U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2012 & Supp. 2017) (Title VII); 42 U.S.C. § 1981
(2012); and the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act, Md. Code Ann., State Gov’t
§§ 20-606 to 20-609 (West 2014) (MFEPA); and her retaliation claims brought pursuant
to Title VII and the MFEPA. We have reviewed the record and discern no error in the
district court’s determinations that Smith failed to establish a prima facie case of race
discrimination, and failed to establish that DaVita’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons
for her termination were pretext for discrimination or retaliation. We thus affirm the
district court’s order. See Smith v. Renal Treatment Centers-Mid-Atl., Inc., No. 1:16-cv-
03656-RDB (D. Md. Feb. 20, 2018). 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
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