Gail N. Gower v. United States District Court for the Eastern Grundy County, Tennessee

The parties waived oral argument before this Court.1
NOT FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 09a0221n.06
Filed: March 23, 2009
No. 08-5417
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
GAIL N. GOWER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
ON APPEAL FROM THE
v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE EASTERN
GRUNDY COUNTY, TENNESSEE; DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
ROBERT MEEKS, Sheriff,
Defendants-Appellees.
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BEFORE: SUHRHEINRICH, BATCHELDER and SUTTON; Circuit Judges.
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Gail Gower appeals from the order
of the district court granting summary judgment on her claims of age and gender discrimination and
retaliation in violation of both state and federal law. In particular, Plaintiff claims she was
wrongfully terminated based on her gender and wrongfully not hired back for the same
discriminatory reason, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42
U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She also claims she was retaliated against, in
violation of Title VII, for refusing to administer medications, for complaining about pay practices,
and for filing two charges of discrimination with the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.
After carefully reviewing the record, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, this Court1
determines that no jurisprudential purpose would be served by a panel opinion. We therefore

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AFFIRM the district court’s judgment for the reasons stated in that court’s well-reasoned
memorandum and order granting Defendants’ motion for summary judgment dated August 7, 2007,
and as supplemented by the district court’s memorandum and order granting in part and denying in
part Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration dated March 4, 2008.

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