USA v. Dale D. Mitchell, Jr

1The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the
District of Minnesota.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 05-1818
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Anthony Ukofia, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* District of Minnesota.
American Financial Printing, Inc., *
* [UNPUBLISHED]
Appellee. *
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Submitted: April 4, 2006
Filed: April 7, 2006
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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Anthony Ukofia appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary
judgment in his employment-discrimination suit against American Financial Printing,
Inc. (AFPI). After de novo review, we conclude that AFPI offered a legitimate,
nondiscriminatory reason for terminating Ukofia’s employment--poor job
performance--and Ukofia failed to create a trialworthy issue of fact on whether that
reason was a pretext for race discrimination. See Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d

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799, 803-04 (8th Cir. 2004) (de novo standard of review); Wheeler v. Aventis
Pharms., 360 F.3d 853, 858 (8th Cir. 2004) (burden-shifting analysis).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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