Stevens Smith v. Geico Insurance Co

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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m 99-11328
Summary Calendar
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DONNA J. STEVENS-SMITH,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
GEICO INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
(3:99-CV-1020)
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April 5, 2000
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and
PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Donna Stevens-Smith sued her former
employer for sexual harassment and retaliation
under title VII. In a comprehensive
memorandum opinion and order entered on
November 3, 1999, the district court carefully
explained that Stevens-Smith has produced no
summary judgment evidence of harassment or
retaliation.
It is evident that Stevens-Smith was fired
because, as she admits, she refused to follow
her supervisor’s specific instruction to change
her method of processing her work. As the
district court found, most of the statements of
which she complains were made beyond the
limitations period, but even assuming
arguendo that this action is not time-barred,
none of the alleged actions or statements can
fairly be deemed sexual harassment or
retaliation.
Stevens-Smith bases her claim on little
more than self-serving speculation designed to
obscure poor job performance. Essentially for
the reasons persuasively set forth by the
* 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determined that this opinion should not be published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.

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district court, the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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