UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-2425

ERIC PIERRE-LOUIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

HARRIS TEETER, INCORPORATED, Defendant - Appellee.

DENTON & FERREBEE, Movant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. Robert G. Doumar, Senior District Judge. (CA-98-2-2)

Submitted: April 15, 1999 Decided: April 21, 1999

Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Eric Pierre-Louis, Appellant Pro Se. James Marion Powell, Lucretia Smith Guia, HAYNSWORTH, BALDWIN, JOHNSON & GREAVES, Greensboro, North Carolina; James Arthur Howard, II, Robin Jaffe Coghill, HOWARD & HOWARD, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Eric Pierre-Louis appeals the district court’s granting the defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a) motion and directing a verdict in favor of the defendant in this employment discrimination suit alleging retaliation for engaging in protected activities. See 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1994); see also 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) (1994). We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. See Pierre-Louis v. Harris Teeter, Inc., No. CA-98-2-2 (E.D. Va. Sept. 11, 1998). We dispense with oral argu- ment because the facts and legal contentions are adequately pre- sented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED