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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1849

BARRY ADAMS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

HIGH PURITY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED; NORMAN JONES,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District 

Judge. (1:09-cv-00354-GBL-JFA)

Submitted: May 21, 2010 Decided: June 9, 2010

Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Barry Adams, Appellant Pro Se. Anessa Abrams, SAUL EWING, LLP, 

Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Barry Adams appeals the district court’s order 

granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss his federal employment 

discrimination and state tort law claims pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We have reviewed the record 

and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

substantially on the reasoning of the district court. Adams v. 

High Purity Sys., Inc., No. 1:09-cv-00354-GBL-JFA (E.D. Va. 

June 5, 2009; July 2, 2009). With regard to Adams’ reverse race 

discrimination claim, we find that Adams failed to allege that 

he was treated less favorably than others outside his protected 

class; thus, this claim was insufficiently pled. See McDonnell 

Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973); White v. BFI 

Waste Servs., LLC, 375 F.3d 288, 295 (4th Cir. 2004). 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.

AFFIRMED

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