UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-2076

PAULETTE HARRIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

CREATIVE HAIRDRESSERS, INCORPORATED, d/b/a Hair Cuttery, Defendant - Appellee, and

THE RATNER COMPANIES; TERESA HEID, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, District Judge. (CA- 04-1992-JFM)

Submitted: April 10, 2006 Decided: April 27, 2006

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mark E. Herman, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Steven R. Semler, OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

- 2 - PER CURIAM: Paulette Harris appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Appellee Creative Hairdressers, Inc., d/b/a Hair Cuttery, in her civil action alleging racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (2000) and negligent hiring and retention under Maryland law. We find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court in its thorough opinion. See Harris v. Creative Hairdressers, Inc., No. CA-04-1992-JFM (D. Md. Sept. 2, 2005). 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

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