Kim Allen-Plowden v. National Healthcare of Sumter, No. 08-1760 (4th Cir. 2008)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-1760 KIM L. ALLEN-PLOWDEN, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NATIONAL HEALTHCARE OF SUMTER; CAROL BROWN, Defendants - Appellees, and BRENDA FLANAGAN; JEANIE S. CROTTS, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Chief District Judge. (3:07-cv-00420-JFA) Submitted: December 11, 2008 Decided: December 15, 2008 Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kim L. Allen-Plowden, Appellant Pro Se. FORD & HARRISON, LLP, Spartanburg, Appellees. Jeffrey Andrew Lehrer, South Carolina, for Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kim L. Allen-Plowden appeals the district court s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting summary judgment in favor of her former employer and dismissing her complaint alleging employment discrimination and defamation. This court reviews a district court s order granting summary judgment de novo, drawing reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. Doe v. Kidd, 501 F.3d 348, 353 (4th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 1483 (2008). Summary judgment is proper if the pleadings, the discovery affidavits and show disclosure that there materials is no on genuine file, issue and as any to any material fact and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c); see Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). and find no reversible error. We have reviewed the record Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Healthcare 2008). legal before of Sumter, No. Allen-Plowden v. Nat l 3:07-cv-00420-JFA (D.S.C. June 4, We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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