Troy Easterling v. Auto Zone, Inc.; Brian Church

*The Honorable James S. Gwin, United States District Judge for the Northern District of
Ohio, sitting by designation.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 05a0527n.06
Filed: June 20, 2005
No. 04-1491
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
TROY EASTERLING,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
AUTO ZONE, INC.; BRIAN CHURCH,
Defendants-Appellees.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
Before: MOORE and COOK, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge.*
PER CURIAM. Troy Easterling appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment
in favor of Defendants, AutoZone and Brian Church, on his claims of race discrimination and
retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Michigan law. We find no error in the district court’s
decision on the appealed issues and determine that no jurisprudential purpose would be served by
a panel opinion. Accordingly, we affirm the district court for the reasons stated in that court’s
opinion.

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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge, concurring. I believe that Mr. Easterling did
establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. However, he failed to
establish that Auto Zone’s asserted reason for his discharge was pretextual. Therefore, I concur in
the judgment of the court.

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