USCA4 Appeal: 23-1848 Doc: 13 Filed: 02/02/2024 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-1848

EDWARD BERNARD MCKEE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:22-cv-00409-BO-RN)

Submitted: January 30, 2024 Decided: February 2, 2024

Before KING, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edward Bernard McKee, Appellant Pro Se. Christine Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Edward Bernard McKee appeals the district court’s order granting Defendant’s

motion to dismiss McKee’s discrimination claims, brought pursuant to Title VII of the

Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. Upon review of the record, in

conjunction with the arguments McKee raises in his informal brief, we discern no

reversible error. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); see also Jackson v. Lightsey,

(4th

Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our

review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we affirm the district

court’s order. McKee v. N.C. Dep’t of Env’t Quality, No. 5:22-cv-00409-BO-RN

(E.D.N.C. filed July 13, 2023 & entered July 14, 2023). 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

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