Lakesha Chester v. US Security Associates, No. 13-1998 (4th Cir. 2013)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-1998 LAKESHA SHANTAY CHESTER, Plaintiff Appellant, v. US SECURITY ASSOCIATES, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Frank D. Whitney, Chief District Judge. (3:12-cv-00204-FDW-DSC) Submitted: November 21, 2013 Decided: November 25, 2013 Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Lakesha Shantay Chester, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen D. Dellinger, Jade Cobb Murray, LITTLER MENDELSON PC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Lakesha S. Chester appeals the district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant U.S. Security Associates in Chester s employment discrimination suit. reviewed the record and find no reversible error. We have Accordingly, we affirm because Chester failed to present a viable claim of sexual harassment or retaliation, as stated by court in its oral order announced from the bench. the district See Univ. of Tex. Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 133 S. Ct. 2517, 2528, 2533 (2013) (holding that Title VII retaliation requires proof that desire to retaliate was but-for cause of challenged employment action); Howard v. Winter, 446 F.3d 559, 567 (4th Cir. 2006) (recognizing that the law against harassment is not self-enforcing and an employer cannot be expected to correct harassment unless the employee makes a concerted effort to inform the employer that a problem exists, and that when an employer s remedial response results in the cessation of the complained of conduct, liability must cease (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted)); EEOC v. Navy Fed. Credit Union, 424 F.3d 397, 405 (4th Cir. 2005) for (describing retaliation required claims, showing including and burden-shifting requirements that scheme employee show that protected activity is causally connected to adverse employment action and that employer s legitimate discriminatory reason for challenged action is pretextual). 2 nonWe dispense with contentions are oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3
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