Williams v. Commonwealth of VA

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 94-2437 MARTHA A. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; LARRY D. JACKSON, Individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of Social Services of the Commonwealth; HAROLD HOBSON, Individually and in his official capacity as Manager of Employee Relations of the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services; EDDIE L. PERRY, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia Department of Social Services; GLORIA J. ANDERSON, Individually and in her official capacity as Training Manager for Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District Judge. (CA-93-688-3) Argued: January 29, 1996 Decided: March 28, 1996 Before HALL, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 2 ARGUED: Harris Dewey Butler, III, BUTLER, MACON, WILLIAMS, PANTELE & LOWNDES, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. William Gatling Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Nancy Lang Lowndes, BUTLER, MACON, WILLIAMS, PANTELE & LOWNDES, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General of Virginia, Catherine C. Hammond, Deputy Attorney General, Neil A.G. McPhie, Senior Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 3 PER CURIAM: Martha Williams appeals (1) the order dated September 15, 1994, granting partial summary judgment to the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, and (2) the order dated October 18, 1994,* granting judgment as a matter of law in the Commonwealth's favor. Our review of the record and the arguments of counsel disclose that the appeals are without merit. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Williams v. Comm. of Virginia, Dep't of Social Services, No. 3:93CV688 (E.D. Va. Sept. 15, 1994 & Aug. 21, 1995) (memorandum opinions). AFFIRMED * The district court initially entered an order granting judgment as a matter of law on October 18, 1994, and noted therein that a written opinion would follow. When the memorandum opinion was issued on August 21, 1995, the court entered a "Final Order" again granting judgment as a matter of law and dismissing the case. 4