UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2293

KENNETH MEREDITH, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. RUSSELL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, d/b/a Russell County Public Schools, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, District Judge. (1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS)

Submitted: September 12, 2016 Decided: October 4, 2016

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard F. Hawkins, III, HAWKINS LAW FIRM, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. M. Katherine Patton, CHAFIN LAW FIRM PC, Lebanon, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Kenneth Meredith appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant in Meredith’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) civil rights action in which Meredith asserted a First Amendment retaliation claim. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Meredith v. Russell Cty. Sch. Bd., No. 1:13-cv-00084-JPJ-PMS (W.D. Va. Sept. 21, 2015). We 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