Garcia v. Federal Express Corp

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-20352
CHARLES GARCIA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
No. H-99-CV-3153
February 15, 2002
Before SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges,
and DUPLANTIER, District Judge,*
PER CURIAM:**
Charles Garcia appeals the order granting
Federal Express Corporation, his employer,
summary judgment on his claims under Title
* District Judge of the Eastern District of
Louisiana, sitting by designation.
** Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court
has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the
limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
VII that he was terminated due to racial
discrimination (42 U.S.C. §2000e-2(a)(1)) and
in retaliation for testifying against a superior as
part of an internal investigation of a fellow
employee’s claim of racial discrimination (42
U.S.C. §2000e-3(a)). Additionally he appeals
the grant by the district court of the motion by
Federal Express for extension of the deadline
for filing dispositive motions.
We have reviewed the briefs and applicable
portions of the record. We see no reversible
error; the judgment is AFFIRMED, primarily
for the reasons given by the magistrate judge1
in her Memorandum Order entered on March
1The parties consented to proceed before
a magistrate judge for all proceedings pursuant to
28 U.S.C. §636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73.

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