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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1128

SHAYNA PALMER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BIG LOTS STORES, INC.,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Senior

District Judge. (3:14-cv-00276-JRS)

Submitted: October 30, 2015 Decided: November 5, 2015

Before GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kevin W. Mottley, MOTTLEY LAW FIRM PLC, Richmond, Virginia; 

David B. Holt, JOSEPH SMITH, LTD., Hampton, Virginia, for 

Appellant. J. Matthew Haynes, Jr., Michael H. Gladstone, Robert 

W. Partin, MCCANDLISH HOLTON, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Shayna Palmer appeals the district court’s orders excluding 

her expert witness and granting summary judgment to Big Lots 

Stores, Inc. Assuming, without deciding, that the factual 

observations of Palmer’s expert witness should have been 

admitted, and having reviewed the parties’ briefs and the record 

on appeal, we find no reversible error in the grant of summary 

judgment because a jury would still have had to resort to 

“conjecture, guess, or random judgment” to find liability on the 

part of Big Lots. See Town of West Point v. Evans, 229 S.E. 2d 

349, 351 (Va. 1983). Accordingly, we affirm. 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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