Case Name: Jane Wecker HARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and CTH I Caregiver, Plaintiff, v. Fred OWENS; Andre Bauer; Ken Ard; Eugene A. "Andy" Laurent; Tana Vanderbilt; Sam Davis; Glenn McConnell, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-08-05
Citations: 611 F. App'x 151
Docket Number: No. 14-1789
Parties: Jane Wecker HARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and CTH I Caregiver, Plaintiff, v. Fred OWENS; Andre Bauer; Ken Ard; Eugene A. “Andy” Laurent; Tana Vanderbilt; Sam Davis; Glenn McConnell, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before KING, SHEDD, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 611
Pages: 151–152

Head Matter:
Jane Wecker HARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and CTH I Caregiver, Plaintiff, v. Fred OWENS; Andre Bauer; Ken Ard; Eugene A. “Andy” Laurent; Tana Vanderbilt; Sam Davis; Glenn McConnell, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-1789.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 30, 2015.
Decided: Aug. 5, 2015.
Patricia Logan Harrison, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. William H. Davidson, II, Kenneth P. Woodington, Davidson & Lindemann, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; Patrick J. Frawley, Davis Frawley, LLC, Lexington, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Before KING, SHEDD, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jane Wecker Harrison filed a civil complaint alleging various state officials violated her rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1985 (2012), and asserting state law claims of fraud and misrepresentation, intentional interference with a contract, wrongful discharge, common law conspiracy, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In its first order, the district court granted the Lieutenant Governor defendants' Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss the complaint against them. In its second order, the district court granted the remaining defendants' motion to dismiss Harrison's intentional infliction of emotional distress claim. In its third order, the district court granted the remaining defendants' motion for summary judgment.
Harrison appeals all three orders alleging that the district court erred in (1) finding that she did not have a property interest in her license; (2) finding that she was not an "employee" for purposes of establishing a constitutional violation; (3) granting defendants qualified immunity; (4) denying her request for injunctive relief; and (5) declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over her remaining state law claims.
We review a dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) de novo. Hire Order Ltd. v. Ma- rianos, 698 F.3d 168, 170 (4th Cir.2012). "To survive a motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (internal quotation marks omitted). We have reviewed the district court's dismissal of the Lieutenant Governor defendants from this action and find no reversible error.
We also review de novo an award of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Durham v. Horner, 690 F.3d 183, 188 (4th Cir.2012); see Altman v. City of High Point, 330 F.3d 194, 200 (4th Cir.2003) (noting that an appellate court reviews the district court's denial of qualified immunity de novo). Summary judgment is proper only if, taking the evidence and all reasonable inferences drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, there is no genuine dispute of material fact, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Durham, 690 F.3d at 188.
To be entitled to qualified immunity, a defendant must show either (a) that his conduct did not violate the plaintiffs constitutional rights, or (b) that even if there was a constitutional violation, the right in question was not clearly established at the time that the defendant acted. Hunter v. Town of Mocksville, 789 F.3d 389, 393 (4th Cir.2015); Ridpath v. Bd. of Governors Marshall and persuasion, with respect to a defense of qualified immunity, rests on the official asserting that defense. Meyers v. Baltimore Cty., 713 F.3d 723, 731 (4th Cir.2013).
We have reviewed the parties' briefs, the materials submitted on appeal, and the district court's thorough and well-reasoned orders, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Harrison v. Owens, No. 8:11-ev-02215-MGL, 2014 WL 3101266 (D.S.C. Nov. 7, 2012; Aug. 12, 2013; July 7, 2014). 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.