Patreece Butchee’ v. Wells Fargo Bank National Assoiciation

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-1392
PATREECE BUTCHEE’,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOICIATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Timothy J. Sullivan, Magistrate Judge. (8:23-cv-01519-TJS)
Submitted: October 30, 2025 Decided: November 3, 2025
Before RUSHING and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Andrea D. Smith-Walker, THE LAW OFFICE OF ANDREA D SMITH
LLC, Largo, Maryland, for Appellant. Bernard G. Dennis, III, Felicia K. Marsh,
JACKSON LEWIS P.C., Reston, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Patreece Butchee’ appeals the magistrate judge’s* order denying her motion to
vacate the arbitrator’s award in Defendant’s favor on Butchee’s race discrimination and
retaliation claims, brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 2000e to 2000e-17. Upon de novo review of the record below, we find no reversible
error. See Brown & Pipkins, LLC v. SEIU, Loc. 32BJ, 846 F.3d 716, 723 (4th Cir. 2017)
(stating standard of review); see also Warfield v. Icon Advisers, Inc, 26 F.4th 666, 669 (4th
Cir. 2022) (recognizing that when reviewing an arbitration award, a “court is limited to
determining whether the arbitrators did the job they were told to do—not whether they did
it well, or correctly, or reasonably” (citation modified)); Three S Del., Inc. v. DataQuick
Info. Sys., Inc., 492 F.3d 520, 529 (4th Cir. 2007) (explaining that, to “justify vacation of
an arbitral award,” a party must “show that the arbitrators were aware of the law,
understood it correctly, found it applicable to the case before them, and yet chose to ignore
it in propounding their decision” (internal quotation marks omitted)).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Butchee’ v. Wells Fargo Bank
Nat’l Ass’n, No. 8:23-cv-01519-TJS (D. Md. Mar. 14, 2025). 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 parties consented to disposition by a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(c).

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