Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-24 21:00:56.219726+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-1512

        DAWN SWIGER,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY,

                             Defendant - Appellee,

                     and

        STEPHEN GRIENER, individually, and in his official capacity as President of West
        Liberty University; BRIAN CRAWFORD, individually, and in his official capacity
        as Provost of West Liberty University; DIANA HARTO, individually, and in her
        official capacity as Chief Human Resource Officer of West Liberty University,

                             Defendants.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
        Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:21-cv-00188-JPB)

        Submitted: October 19, 2023                                   Decided: October 23, 2023

        Before KING and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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        ON BRIEF: Patrick S. Cassidy, CASSIDY LAW, PLLC; Timothy F. Cogan, COGAN
        LAW OFFICE, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellant. David L. Wyant, Thomas
        E. Buck, BAILEY & WYANT PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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        PER CURIAM:

              Dawn Swiger appeals the district court’s orders granting Defendant’s (1) motion to

        dismiss Swiger’s First and Fourteenth Amendment claims, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

        § 1983; and (2) summary judgment motion on Swiger’s age discrimination claim, brought

        pursuant to the West Virginia Human Rights Act, W. Va. Code §§ 5-11-1 to 5-11-20. We

        have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district

        court’s judgment. See Swiger v. W. Liberty Univ., No. 5:21-cv-00188-JPB (N.D.W. Va.

        Apr. 18, 2023). 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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