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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-2148

        YANNICK BOPDA,

                            Plaintiff - Appellant,

                     v.

        COMCAST OF THE DISTRICT, LLC,

                            Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
        Peter J. Messitte, Senior District Judge. (8:22-cv-02889-PJM)

        Submitted: January 30, 2024                                       Decided: February 2, 2024

        Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Yannick Bopda, Appellant Pro Se. Matthew J. Sharbaugh, MORGAN LEWIS &
        BOCKIUS, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Yannick Bopda appeals the district court’s order granting Appellee’s motion to

        compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 to 402 (FAA), and

        dismissing Bopda’s complaint without prejudice pending arbitration. We have reviewed

        the record and find no reversible error. The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault

        and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, 9 U.S.C. §§ 401 to 402 (EFAA), does not apply

        retroactively to claims that accrued before its enactment on March 3, 2022, and Bopda’s

        other assignments of error are plainly meritless. Accordingly, we deny Bopda’s motion

        for injunctive relief pending appeal and affirm the district court’s order. Bopda v. Comcast

        of the Dist., LLC, No. 8:22-cv-02889-PJM (D. Md. Sept. 27, 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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