CHAMBERS v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 22-1629.

66 F.4th 139 (2023)

Margaret CHAMBERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; Timothy Rodgers, in his individual and official capacity; Robin Pendergraft, in her individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bert Joseph Miano , MIANO LAW PC, Matthews, North Carolina, for Appellant. Tamika Lynn Henderson , Special Deputy Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Harris and Judge Heytens joined.


Margaret Chambers brought this wrongful-termination action against her former employer—the North Carolina Department of Justice—and two former supervisors, Timothy Rodgers and Robin Pendergraft, in their official and individual capacities. The district court dismissed some claims as barred by sovereign immunity...

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