# Judy Atkins v. Smyth County Virginia School Board

> Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · October 17, 2022

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8374180

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- **Decided:** October 17, 2022
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

USCA4 Appeal: 22-1344 Doc: 14 Filed: 10/17/2022 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-1344

JUDY A. ATKINS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD; KEVIN LEONARD,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Abingdon. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (1:18-cv-00048-JPJ-PMS)

Submitted: October 13, 2022 Decided: October 17, 2022

Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Judy A. Atkins, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer Royer, ROYER LAW FIRM, P.C., Roanoke,
Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
USCA4 Appeal: 22-1344 Doc: 14 Filed: 10/17/2022 Pg: 2 of 2

PER CURIAM:

Judy A. Atkins appeals the district court’s judgment entered in Defendants’ favor

after the court granted Defendants’ summary judgment motion on Atkins’ sexual

harassment claim, brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Atkins’ state

law assault claim, thereby dismissing that claim without prejudice. * On appeal, we confine

our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Atkins’

informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court’s dispositions, she has

forfeited appellate review of the court’s dispositive orders. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775

F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth

Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we

affirm the district court’s judgment. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

*
The district court previously granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion
to dismiss Atkins’ other claims.

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