Opinion
No. 17-2007
03-16-2018
SHIRLEY J. UGBO, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. THE ALLIANCE LEGAL GROUP, P.L.L.C.; THE LAW OFFICES OF STEVE C. TAYLOR, P.C., Defendants - Appellees.
Shirley J. Ugbo, Appellant Pro Se. Steve Clayton Taylor, LAW OFFICES OF STEVE C. TAYLOR, PC, Chesapeake, Virginia, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Mark S. Davis, District Judge. (2:15-cv-00151-MSD-RJK) Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Shirley J. Ugbo, Appellant Pro Se. Steve Clayton Taylor, LAW OFFICES OF STEVE C. TAYLOR, PC, Chesapeake, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Shirley J. Ugbo appeals the district court's orders granting summary judgment to Defendants on her claims of retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2012 & Supp. 2017). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm substantially for the reasons stated by the district court. Ugbo v. All. Legal Grp., No. 2:15-cv-00151-MSD-RJK (E.D. Va. Dec. 22, 2016; Aug. 2, 2017). 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.
With respect to Ugbo's claim that Defendants retaliated against her by issuing memoranda critical of her work performance that were later used to justify her termination, we conclude that Defendants offered a legitimate, nonretaliatory reason for issuing the memoranda and that Ugbo failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to pretext. See Guessous v. Fairview Prop. Invs., LLC, 828 F.3d 208, 216 (4th Cir. 2016) (describing pretext framework). --------
AFFIRMED