Opinion
21-1020
12-20-2022
BRIAN HARGRAVE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.
Brian Hargrave, Appellant Pro Se. Tory Ian Summey, Keith Michael Weddington, PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: September 20, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro, 1:19-cv-00838-WO-LPA, William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge.
Brian Hargrave, Appellant Pro Se.
Tory Ian Summey, Keith Michael Weddington, PARKER, POE, ADAMS & BERNSTEIN, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WYNN, DIAZ, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM
Brian Hargrave appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to his former employer, Daimler Trucks North America, LLC ("Daimler"), in Hargrave's action alleging unlawful termination because of his race, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. On appeal, Hargrave challenges the court's finding that no reasonable jury could find in his favor on his unlawful termination claim. We affirm.
"We review de novo a district court's grant or denial of a motion for summary judgment, construing all facts and reasonable inferences therefrom in favor of the nonmoving party." Gen. Ins. Co. of Am. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 886 F.3d 346, 353 (4th Cir. 2018). Summary judgment is appropriate "if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). We will uphold the district court's grant of summary judgment unless we conclude that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party on the evidence presented. See Reyes v. Waples Mobile Home Park Ltd. P'ship, 903 F.3d 415, 423 (4th Cir. 2018).
Upon review of the parties' briefs and the record, we find no reversible error in the district court's determination that Hargrave failed to establish that Daimler's legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for his termination was a pretext for discrimination. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order granting summary judgment to Daimler. 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