Nichols v. Caroline County Board of Education

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 06-1314 NORMAN L. NICHOLS, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge. (1:05-cv-02658-WDQ) Submitted: October 18, 2006 Decided: November 3, 2006 Before MICHAEL, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Norman L. Nichols, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Steven Bruce Schwartzman, HODES, ULMAN, PESSIN & KATZ, PA, Towson, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Norman L. Nichols, Jr., appeals the district court’s orders granting the Caroline County Board of Education’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and denying Nichols’ motion to reconsider, which the district court construed as a Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to alter or amend, in this employment discrimination case. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm both orders for the reasons stated by the district court. Nichols v. Caroline Cnty. Bd. of Education, No. 1:05-cv-02658-WDQ (D. Md. Jan. 6 and Feb. 24, 2006). 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 - 2 -