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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-2097 BRENDA MASSAQUOI, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE, Defendant - Appellee, and ANGELA PREUTER; SHARON PONDER, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (7:16-cv-02220-BHH) Submitted: February 28, 2019 Decided: March 26, 2019 Before WILKINSON, KING, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpubli
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-2097 BRENDA MASSAQUOI, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE, Defendant - Appellee, and ANGELA PREUTER; SHARON PONDER, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (7:16-cv-02220-BHH) Submitted: February 28, 2019 Decided: March 26, 2019 Before WILKINSON, KING, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublis..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-2097
BRENDA MASSAQUOI,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
ANGELA PREUTER; SHARON PONDER,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Spartanburg. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (7:16-cv-02220-BHH)
Submitted: February 28, 2019 Decided: March 26, 2019
Before WILKINSON, KING, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Brenda Massaquoi, Appellant Pro Se. Jeffrey Andrew Lehrer, FORD & HARRISON
LLP, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Brenda Massaquoi appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation
of the magistrate judge and granting American Credit Acceptance’s motion for summary
judgment in her employment discrimination action. We have reviewed the record and
find no reversible error in the district court’s rejection of Massaquoi’s discriminatory
discharge claim. * Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.
Massaquoi v. Am. Credit Acceptance, No. 7:16-cv-02220-BHH (D.S.C. Aug. 31, 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
*
Because Massaquoi does not challenge in her informal brief the district court’s
decision not to consider the harassment and hostile work environment allegations she
raised in response to the motion for summary judgment, she has forfeited appellate
review of these issues. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Jackson v. Lightsey,
775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th
Cir. 2014). With regard to her retaliation claim, Massaquoi has waived appellate review
by failing to object to the portion of the magistrate judge’s report concluding that she
failed to articulate a causal connection between engaging in protected activity and her
termination. See United States v. Midgette,
478 F.3d 616, 622 (4th Cir. 2007). Finally, to
the extent Massaquoi raises new claims for the first time on appeal, we decline to address
them. See Pornomo v. United States,
814 F.3d 681, 686 (4th Cir. 2016).
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