Valentino Warren v. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, No. 14-1254 (8th Cir. 2014)

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Court Description: Civil case - Employment discrimination. Defendants' summary judgment affirmed without comment. [ September 18, 2014

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-1254 ___________________________ Valentino V. Warren lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts; Hal Smith Restaurant Group; Charleston s Restaurant Group; A-OK, LLC; HS-Real Estate; Jason Hart lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock ____________ Submitted: September 17, 2014 Filed: September 19, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Valentino Warren appeals the district court s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil action asserting unlawful employment discrimination under Title VII. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that summary judgment was properly granted. See Torgerson v. City of Rochester, 643 F.3d 1031, 1042, 1046 (8th Cir. 2011) (this court reviews grant of summary judgment de novo; summary judgment is proper if pleadings, discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that movant is entitled to judgment as matter of law); see also Edmund v. MidAmerican Energy Co., 299 F.3d 679, 686-87 (8th Cir. 2002) (federal courts do not sit as super personnel department reviewing wisdom or fairness of business judgments made by employers, except to extent those judgments involve intentional unlawful discrimination). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable James Moody, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-

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