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    Elvis George Moyer appealed a district court's order awarding $3,500 in attorneys' fees to Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, the prevailing party in a Title VII action. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's ruling, finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorneys' fees to the defendant based on the reasoning in the district court's order. The Fourth Circuit dispensed with oral argument, determining the facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the case materials.

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    Filed: 2004-10-26 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Docket: 04-1575

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    Elvis George Moyer appealed a district court's order awarding $3,500 in attorneys' fees to Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, the prevailing party in a Title VII action. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's ruling, finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorneys' fees to the defendant based on the reasoning in the district court's order. The Fourth Circuit dispensed with oral argument, determining the facts and legal issues were adequately presented in the case materials.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 04-1575

    ELVIS GEORGE MOYER,


    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    versus
    SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION,
    Defendant - Appellee.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
    District of North Carolina, at Durham. William L. Osteen, District
    Judge. (CA-00-581)

    Submitted:

    October 1, 2004

    Decided:

    October 26, 2004

    Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Elvis George Moyer, Appellant Pro Se. Fred Thurman Hamlet, Sr.,
    Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


    See Local Rule 36(c).

    PER CURIAM:
    Elvis George Moyer appeals the district courts order
    awarding $3500 in attorneys fees to Defendant, the prevailing party
    in this Title VII action.
    R. Civ. P. 54(d).

    See 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(k) (2000); Fed.

    We conclude that the district court did not

    abuse its discretion, and we affirm on the reasoning of the


    district

    court.

    See

    Moyer

    (M.D.N.C. Apr. 2, 2004).

    v.

    Smurfit-Stone,

    No.

    CA-00-581

    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

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