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    Felicia Watkins appealed the district court's denial of her request for additional discovery and granting of summary judgment to the defendant on her claims of race and gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII. The appeals court reviewed the record and found no reversible error, affirming the district court's rulings. The appeals court determined that oral arguments were not necessary as the facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the materials before the court.

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    Felicia Watkins appealed the district court's denial of her request for additional discovery and granting of summary judgment to the defendant on her claims of race and gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII. The appeals court reviewed the record and found no reversible error, affirming the district court's rulings. The appeals court determined that oral arguments were not necessary as the facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the materials before the court.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 07-1859

    FELICIA G. WATKINS,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    PETE GEREN, Secretary, Department of the Army,
    Defendant - Appellee.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Baltimore.
    J. Frederick Motz, District Judge.
    (1:06-cv-02728-JFM)

    Submitted:

    April 30, 2008

    Decided:

    May 20, 2008

    Before GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior


    Circuit Judge.

    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Jeffery C. Taylor, Michael J. Snider, Ari Taragin, SNIDER &


    ASSOCIATES, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.
    Rod J.
    Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Ariana Wright Arnold, Assistant
    United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

    PER CURIAM:
    Felicia G. Watkins appeals the district courts orders
    denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(f) motion for additional discovery,
    granting Defendants summary judgment motion on her race and gender
    discrimination and retaliation claims, brought pursuant to Title
    VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e
    to 2000e-17 (2000), and denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion
    for reconsideration.

    We have reviewed the record and find no

    reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by


    the district court.

    See Watkins v. Geren, No. 1:06-cv-02728-JFM

    (D. Md. June 19, 2007).


    facts

    and

    materials

    legal
    before

    We dispense with oral argument because the

    contentions
    the

    court

    are

    adequately

    and

    argument

    presented

    would

    not

    in

    the

    aid

    the

    decisional process.
    AFFIRMED

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