UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-1814

RUTH C. ALEXANDER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION CENTER INCORPORATED,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

PAT HISSON, Patient Care Director; SUSAN TRANTHAM, Director of Personnel at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center Incorporated,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (CA-97-981-4-22)

Submitted: September 14, 1999 Decided: October 5, 1999

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John A. Gaines, Sr., Florence, South Carolina, for Appellant. L. Traywick Duffie, Christina S. Meador, Kimmberly M. Bulkley, HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Ruth C. Alexander appeals an order of the district court ac-

cepting the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and

granting summary judgment to her former employer HealthSouth Reha-

bilitation Center, Inc., in Alexander’s suit alleging she was dis-

charged from employment because of her race, in violation of

and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42

U.S.C. § 2000e. We have reviewed the record and considered the

arguments presented in the parties’ briefs and affirm the judgment

for the reasons stated by the district court and the magistrate

judge. See Alexander v. HealthSouth Rehabilitation Ctr., Inc., No.

CA-97-981-4-22 (D.S.C., May 6, 1998). We grant Appellee’s motion

to waive 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

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