Asghar Oscar Safari v. Cooper Wiring Devises, Inc.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-1626
ASGHAR OSCAR SAFARI,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COOPER WIRING DEVISES, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
COOPER INDUSTRIES, LLC,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad,
Jr., Chief District Judge. (3:11−cv−00012−RJC−DSC)
Submitted: April 23, 2013 Decided: June 20, 2013
Before WILKINSON and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John W. Gresham, TIN, FULTON, WALKER & OWEN, PLLC, Charlotte,
North Carolina, for Appellant. Ellison F. McCoy, Julia M.
Ebert, JACKSON LEWIS LLP, Greenville, South Carolina, for
Appellee.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
On appeal, Asghar Oscar Safari (Plaintiff) challenges the
district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his
former employer, Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc. (Defendant), with
respect to his claim alleging retaliatory discharge in violation
of § 704(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42
U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a), and his claim alleging wrongful discharge
in violation of the common law public policy of North Carolina
as codified in the North Carolina Equal Employment Practices
Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-422.2. Having carefully reviewed the
briefs, the record, and the relevant law, we conclude that each
of these challenges is without merit and affirm the judgment
below on the reasoning of the district court as stated in its
April 13, 2012 order. Safari v. Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc.,
2012 WL 1247149 (W.D.N.C. April 13, 2012).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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