UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-1550

TALIN A. TASCIYAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MEDICAL NUMERICS;
SYSTEMS,

TEXTRON

SYSTEMS;

OVERWATCH

GEOSPATIAL

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Charles B. Day, Magistrate Judge.
(8:11-cv-01467-CBD)

Submitted:

October 28, 2013

Decided:

November 6, 2013

Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Talin A. Tasciyan, Appellant Pro Se.

Kenneth Christopher
Gauvey, TAYLOR & RYAN, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland; Donald James
Walsh, OFFIT KURMAN, PA, Owings Mills, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:
Talin

A.

Tasciyan

brought

suit

against

Defendants

asserting gender discrimination and retaliation, in violation of

Title

VII

of

district

the

Civil

court

Rights

ultimately

Act

of

1964.

dismissed

Although

Tasciyans

the

gender

discrimination claim, the case proceeded to trial on Tasciyans

retaliation
Defendants.
(1)

claim. *

jury

returned

defined

instructed

adverse
the

jury

action

verdict

Defendants

improper

for

regarding

allowed impermissible hearsay evidence.

the

for

the

On appeal, Tasciyan contends the magistrate judge

improperly

improperly

The

reference

to

the

damages;

jury;

(2)

and

(3)

Tasciyan also argues

gender

discrimination

during closing argument was prejudicial and misled the jury.

Having reviewed the transcript of the jury trial in
light of the parties arguments on appeal, we find no reversible
error.
We

Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate judges judgment.

dispense

contentions

with
are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the

facts

and

the

materials

legal
before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

judge.

The parties consented to

28 U.S.C. 363 (2006).

trial

before

magistrate