UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1735
CASSANDRA HARLEY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SUBURBAN HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, District Judge. (CA-
03-1694-JFM)
Submitted: January 21, 2005 Decided: February 16, 2005
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Frederic M. Brandes, Timonium, Maryland, for Appellant. Teresa
Burke Wright, JACKSON LEWIS, L.L.P., Vienna, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Cassandra Harley (“Harley”) appeals the order of the
district court granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and
dismissing her claim of employment discrimination filed pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 1981 (2000).* We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the
district court. See Harley v. Suburban Hosp. Inc., No. CA-03-1694-
JFM (D. Md. Apr. 30, 2004). We dispense with oral argument because
the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
*
The district court noted that Harley referred to Title VII in
her complaint, but did not allege a claim thereunder.
Nevertheless, the elements required to establish a prima facie case
of employment discrimination are the same under Title VII and
§ 1981. See Thompson v. Potomac Elec. Power Co., 312 F.3d 645, 649
n.1 (4th Cir. 2002); Hawkins v. Pepsico, Inc., 203 F.3d 274, 278
(4th Cir. 2000).
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