NOTICE: [**1] RULES OF THE
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS MAY LIMIT CITATION TO UNPUBLISHED
OPINIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE RULES OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THIS CIRCUIT.
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: US Supreme
Court certiorari denied by McNeil v. Scotland County, 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4628
(U.S., June 16, 2003)
PRIOR HISTORY: Appeal from the
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
Durham. Frank W. Bullock, Jr., District Judge. (CA-01-388-1). McNeil v.
Scotland County, 213 F. Supp. 2d 559, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17873 (M.D.N.C.,
2002)
DISPOSITION: Affirmed.
COUNSEL: James H. Locus, Jr.,
Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellant.
Cecil W. Harrison, Jr., David
L. Woodard, POYNER & SPRUILL, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
JUDGES: Before NIEMEYER,
LUTTIG, and KING, Circuit Judges.
OPINION: [*242] PER CURIAM:
Lenora McNeil appeals the
district court's order granting summary judgment in her former employer's
favor on her [*243] claims of employment discrimination. We have reviewed
the parties' briefs, * the joint appendix, and the district court's
opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the
reasons stated by the district court. See McNeil v. Scotland County, 213
F. Supp. 2d 559 (M.D.N.C. 2002). 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.
* In her appellate and reply
briefs, McNeil raises claims of a hostile work environment and
"continuing violations" of discrimination. This Court
generally does not address claims raised for the first time on appeal.
First Va. Banks, Inc. v. BP Exploration & Oil Inc., 206 F.3d 404,
407 n.1 (4th Cir. 2000) (declining to consider issues raised for first
time on appeal). We also find that McNeil has abandoned her wrongful
discharge claim under the North Carolina Equal Employment Practices Act
by failing to raise it in her brief. Edwards v. City of Goldsboro, 178
F.3d 231, 241 n.6 (4th Cir. 1999) (noting that issues not briefed or
argued are deemed abandoned).
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AFFIRMED
