UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-2344

RANDOLPH S. KOCH, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD; SUSAN TSUI GRUNDMANN, In her Official Capacity as Chairman, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Chief District Judge. (8:12-cv-01590-DKC)

Submitted: June 24, 2014 Decided: July 3, 2014

Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Randolph S. Koch, Appellant Pro Se. Alex Gordon, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Randolph S. Koch appeals the district court’s order dismissing this employment discrimination action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Koch v. U.S. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

No. 8:12-cv-01590-DKC (D. Md. Aug. 2, 2013). We grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED