UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-2282
DENISE WASHINGTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge.
(2:05-cv-01949-DCN)
Submitted: November 16, 2007 Decided: December 18, 2007
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Chalmers C. Johnson, CHALMERS JOHNSON LAW FIRM, Mt. Pleasant, South
Carolina, for Appellant. Allan Riley Holmes, GIBBS & HOLMES,
Charleston, South Carolina; Vincent Miraglia, Carlos Enrique
Provencio, INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Memphis, Tennessee, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Denise Washington appeals the district court’s order
granting Defendant’s summary judgment motion on her claims for
wrongful discharge in violation of the Family and Medical Leave
Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (2000), and for breach of her employee
handbook.* In accordance with 4th Cir. L. R. 45, we originally
dismissed Washington’s appeal for want of prosecution. Because
Washington has shown good cause to excuse the late filing of her
appellate brief and joint appendix, however, we recalled the
mandate and granted her petition to reinstate her appeal by
separate order. We have reviewed the record and affirm for the
reasons stated by the district court. See Washington v. Int’l
Paper Co., No. 2:05-cv-01949-DCN (D.S.C. filed Nov. 2, 2006;
entered Nov. 3, 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
*
Although Washington also asserted claims against the
Defendant for wrongful termination in violation of South Carolina
public policy and in violation of Defendant’s anti-discrimination
policy, Washington does not challenge the district court’s
dismissal of these claims.
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