Opinion
No. 07-1385.
Submitted: February 20, 2008.
Decided: May 22, 2008.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Carl Horn, III, Chief Magistrate Judge. (3:04-cv-00538).
J. Heydt Philbeck, Philip A. Collins, Bailey Dixon, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Martha R. Thompson, Stott Hollowell Palmer Windham, L.L.P., Gastonia, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
Johnny Ray Phillips appeals the magistrate judge's order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants in his action challenging the propriety of his termination from the Gaston County Police Department. We have reviewed the parties' briefs, the joint appendix, and the magistrate judge's opinion and order and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the magistrate judge. See Phillips v. Gaston Comity, No. 3:04-cv-00538, 2007 WL 922921 (W.D.N.C. Mar. 26, 2007). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
The parties consented to the exercise of jurisdiction by the magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000).
AFFIRMED.