Christopher Eugene Buckner v. United Parcel Service, Inc.; Teamsters Local 391

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-2304
CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BUCKNER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.; TEAMSTERS LOCAL 391,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan,
District Judge. (5:14-cv-00539-FL)
Submitted: March 17, 2016 Decided: March 21, 2016
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher Eugene Buckner, Appellant Pro Se. Susan Ballantine
Molony, ALSTON & BIRD, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Glenn G.
Patton, ALSTON & BIRD, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; J. David James,
SMITH, JAMES, ROWLETT & COHEN, LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Christopher Eugene Buckner filed a civil action in state
court against United Parcel Service, Inc., and Teamsters Local
391, asserting various violations of North Carolina law. The
district court determined that Buckner’s claims were preempted
under the Labor Management Relations Act and that removal to
federal court was therefore proper. Buckner now appeals the
district court’s order accepting in part and denying in part the
magistrate judge’s recommendation, denying Buckner’s motion to
remand, dismissing some claims with prejudice as barred by res
judicata and the statute of limitations, and dismissing his
remaining claims without prejudice for failure to state a claim
upon which relief may be granted. We have reviewed the record
and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the
reasons stated by the district court. Buckner v. United Parcel
Serv., Inc., No. 5:14-cv-00539-FL (E.D.N.C. Sept. 23, 2015). 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

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