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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Meredith
Appellant
Russell County School Board
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2293

KENNETH MEREDITH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

RUSSELL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, d/b/a Russell County Public 

Schools,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, District 

Judge. (1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS)

Submitted: September 12, 2016 Decided: October 4, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KING, Circuit 

Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard F. Hawkins, III, HAWKINS LAW FIRM, PC, Richmond, 

Virginia, for Appellant. M. Katherine Patton, CHAFIN LAW FIRM 

PC, Lebanon, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Kenneth Meredith appeals the district court’s order 

granting summary judgment to Defendant in Meredith’s 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 (2012) civil rights action in which Meredith asserted a 

First Amendment retaliation claim. We have reviewed the record 

and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. See Meredith v. Russell 

Cty. Sch. Bd., No. 1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS (W.D. Va. Sept. 21, 

2015). 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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