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Date Created: 2023-11-03 21:00:54.311521+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 23-1666

        KEON SCOTT,

                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

                      v.

        OCCUGUIDES USA, LLC,

                             Defendant - Appellee.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00023-KDB-DCK)

        Submitted: October 31, 2023                                  Decided: November 2, 2023

        Before HARRIS and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Keon Scott, Appellant Pro Se. Kevin V. Parsons, LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD &
        SMITH, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Keon Scott appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Scott’s

        former employer (“Defendant”) in this diversity action alleging wrongful discharge, unjust

        enrichment, and similar claims under North Carolina state law. We have reviewed the

        record and find no reversible error. In particular, to the extent Scott challenges on appeal

        that he had to proceed pro se below, we conclude that the magistrate judge and the district

        court did not abuse their discretion in granting Scott’s counsel’s motion to withdraw and

        declining to appoint substitute counsel. Furthermore, Scott’s conclusory assertion in his

        informal brief that Defendant lied does not undermine the district court’s reasons for

        granting summary judgment as a matter of law.          Accordingly, we affirm.     Scott v.

        Occuguides USA, LLC, No. 5:22-cv-00023-KDB-DCK (W.D.N.C. June 7, 2023). We

        deny Scott’s motion for appointment of counsel and 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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