Jerry Yeager v. City Water & Light

1The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Arkansas.
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 05-2633
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George Spann, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
Arkansas Department of Finance and *
Administration, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: June 14, 2006
Filed: June 19, 2006
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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
George Spann appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in his Title VII employment-discrimination suit against his former employer, Arkansas
Department of Finance and Administration (AFDA). Having carefully reviewed the
record, see Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d 799, 803-04 (8th Cir. 2004) (de novo
standard of review), we agree with the district court that Spann failed to establish that
AFDA’s proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the adverse actions taken

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against Spann--continued performance deficiencies--were pretextual. See Gilooly v.
Mo. Dep’t of Health & Senior Servs., 421 F.3d 734, 739 (8th Cir. 2005) (burden-
shifting analysis). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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