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Viola M. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. QUIN RIVERS AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY ACTION, INCORPORATED; Michelle N. Greenidge Moore, Head Start Director, Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action, Incorporated; Mary V. Ware, Executive Director of Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Quin Rivers Executive Board of Directors; Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action, Incorporated Head Start Policy Council; Quin Rivers Head Start Program; Commonwealth of Virginia Head Start Programs Health and Human Services; United States Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Programs, Head Start Branch Chief, Defendants

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit2002-04-24No. No. 01-1784
33 F. App'x 88

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PER CURIAM.

Viola M. Johnson appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees on her employment discrimination claims raised under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 1994 & Supp.2001). Johnson also seeks review of the district court’s orders denying numerous discovery requests. We have reviewed the parties’ briefs, the joint appendix, the supplemental joint appendix, and the district court’s orders and find no error. Accordingly, we affirm.

We review the district court’s orders concerning discovery management for abuse of discretion. Wells v. Liddy, 186 F.3d 505, 518 n. 12 (4th Cir.1999). We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Johnson’s numerous discovery requests.

On the merits, the district court properly found that Johnson failed to establish a hostile work environment claim. See Causey v. Balog, 162 F.3d 795, 801 (4th Cir.1998), Furthermore, Johnson’s discriminatory discharge and retaliation claims fail because she has failed to show the legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons Appellees offered for terminating her were a pretext for discrimination. See Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 137-39, 120 S.Ct. 2097, 147 L.Ed.2d 105 (2000). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment on the reasoning of the district court. Johnson v. Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action, Inc., No. CA-00-330-3 (E.D.Va. May 9, 2001). 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.