Helen Thompson v.  City of Jacksonville

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
 HELEN THOMPSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. No. 01-2062 
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
Defendant-Appellee. 
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington.
James C. Fox, Senior District Judge.
(CA-00-120-7-F1)
Submitted: May 7, 2002
Decided: May 23, 2002
Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
COUNSEL
Jeffrey S. Miller, Jacksonville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Patricia
L. Holland, Norwood P. Blanchard, III, CRANFILL, SUMNER &
HARTZOG, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
Local Rule 36(c).

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OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Helen Thompson appeals the district court’s order granting sum-
mary judgment to Appellee, the City of Jacksonville, and dismissing
her civil action. See Thompson v. City of Jacksonville, No. CA-00-
120-7-F1 (E.D.N.C. July 17, 2001). Thompson claims Appellee
wrongfully terminated her based upon her race and sex in violation
of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A.
§§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001). After careful
review of the record and the district court’s order, we reject Thomp-
son’s claims as meritless. Thompson has conceded that her claim
"does not dovetail neatly with the McDonnell Douglas [Corp. v.
Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802 (1973),] framework or its Fourth Circuit
progeny." (Appellant’s Br. at 7.) Moreover, even giving Thompson
the benefit of all permissible inferences, she has failed to create a gen-
uine issue of material fact showing that Appellee’s legitimate, non-
discriminatory reasons for her termination were pretextual. See
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prod., Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 143 (2000).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-
quately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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