Nanette Laurence v. Gateway Health System, aka Clarksville Volunteer Health, Inc.

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File Name: 10a0151n.06
No. 08-5728
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
NANETTE LAURENCE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
GATEWAY HEALTH SYSTEM, aka Clarksville
Volunteer Health, Inc.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE MIDDLE
DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
BEFORE: KEITH, BOGGS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff Nanette Laurence filed this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., against her former employer, defendant Gateway Health System
(“Gateway”), alleging race discrimination. Gateway moved for summary judgment. A magistrate
judge recommended that Gateway’s motion for summary judgment be granted and that Laurence’s
action be dismissed. Over Laurence’s objections, the district court adopted and approved the
magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, granted Gateway’s motion for summary judgment,
and dismissed the action. Laurence timely appeals.
After carefully reviewing the record below, the parties’ briefs, and the arguments contained
therein, we are persuaded that the district court properly analyzed the issues in this case and correctly

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granted Gateway summary judgment. Rather than issue a detailed opinion, which would serve no
useful purpose, we adopt the magistrate judge’s reasoning set forth in her report and
recommendation, which was approved by the district court on May 16, 2008. See Laurence v.
Gateway Health Sys., No. 3:06-0636, 2008 WL 2097390, at *1 (M.D. Tenn. May 16, 2008).
AFFIRMED.

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