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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1543

SANDRA HARMON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a/k/a Cumberland 

County School District North Carolina; MARIE PIERCE-FORD, 

individually and in her capacity as Principal of Luther Nick 

Jeralds’, a Cumberland Co. Board of Ed. School; LARISSA 

PERKINS, in her capacity as Asst. Principal of Luther Nick 

Jeralds’, a Cumberland Co. Board of Ed. School (NOMINAL); 

STAFFORD DANIELS, in her capacity as Asst. Principal of 

Luther Nick Jeralds’, a Cumberland Co. Board of Ed. School 

(NOMINAL); DR. JAMES MCLAUCHLIN, Chair of Cumberland County 

Board of Education, School Board Members; DR. FRANK TILL, 

Superintendant Cumberland County Board of Education Schools; 

JOSEPH LOCKLEAR, Deceased, in his former capacity as 

Associate Superintendent of Cumberland County Schools 

(NOMINAL),

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior 

District Judge. (5:15-cv-00485-BR)

Submitted: September 29, 2016 Decided: October 14, 2016

Before WYNN, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Sandra Harmon, Appellant Pro Se. James Scott Lewis, Conor 

Patrick Regan, HEDRICK, GARDNER, KINCHELOE & GAROFALO, LLP, 

Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Sandra Harmon appeals the district court’s order granting 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss her complaint brought pursuant to 

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

§§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (2012), and also alleging equal protection 

and due process violations. We have reviewed the record and 

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we grant leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and affirm for the reasons stated by 

the district court. Harmon v. Cumberland Cty. Bd. of Educ., No. 

5:15-cv-00485-BR (E.D.N.C. May 5, 2016). We deny as moot 

Harmon’s motion to expedite ruling. 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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