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UNPUBLISHED
 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-2188
 PAULA MAY TOWNSEND,Plaintiff - Appellant,v.MARK WILLIAM SHOOK, individually and in his officialcapacity as Sheriff of Watauga County; WATAUGA COUNTY;WESTERN SURETY COMPANY,Defendants - Appellees,andJOHN DOE SURETY,Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the WesternDistrict of North Carolina, at Statesville. Dennis L. Howell,Magistrate Judge. (5:06-cv-00070-DLH)Submitted: March 19, 2009 Decided: April 24, 2009Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, TRAXLER, Circuit Judge, andHAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by unpublishedper curiam opinion. Angela Newell Gray, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.James R. Morgan, Jr., Mary N. Craven, WOMBLE, CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE& RICE, PLLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellees.
 
 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.- 2 -
 
PER CURIAM:In this sexual harassment/wrongful discharge case allegingvarious federal and North Carolina state law claims, PaulaTownsend (Plaintiff) appeals from the magistrate judge’s grantof summary judgment in favor of: (1) Mark Shook, individuallyand in his official capacity as Sheriff of Watauga County, NorthCarolina; (2) Watauga County; and (3) Western Surety Company.We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for furtherproceedings consistent with this opinion.
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 I.In 1986, Plaintiff was hired as an administrative clerk forthe Watauga County Sheriff’s Office by her close family friend,then Sheriff James Lyons (Sheriff Lyons).
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Under Sheriff Lyons,Plaintiff served as a criminal investigator and later as adetective sergeant in the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office.
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The parties consented to disposition of this case by aUnited States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
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Because Plaintiff’s claims on appeal are analyzed underthe summary judgment standard, we present the facts in the lightmost favorable to Plaintiff, as the non-moving party. See Hillv. Lockheed Martin Logistics Mgmt., Inc., 354 F.3d 277, 283 (4thCir. 2004).- 3 -
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