BUTTS v. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 15-1989.

844 F.3d 424 (2016)

Dianne L. BUTTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellee, and United States of America; Tawnya Soltis; Kathryn Forgas, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew B. Kaplan , KAPLAN LAW FIRM, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellant. Mary McGowan , PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, Manassas, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kristi Lynette Johnson , BLANKINGSHIP & KEITH, P.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Duncan joined.


Appellant Dianne L. Butts ("Appellant") is a veteran whom the Prince William County School Board ("the Board") employed as a fifth grade teacher from 1996 to 2004. In 2004, Appellant, who was an Army Reservist, was deployed to Kuwait. After returning from deployment in 2008, Appellant sought reemployment with the Board pursuant...

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