Eugene Dickson v. John M. McHugh, No. 14-1289 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Employment discrimination. Defendant's summary judgment affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-1289 ___________________________ Eugene P. Dickson lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. John M. McHugh, Secretary of the United States Army lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff ____________ Submitted: January 19, 2015 Filed: February 4, 2015 [Unpublished] ____________ Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Eugene Dickson appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his action asserting age and race discrimination. Upon careful de novo 1 The Honorable Brian S. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. review, we conclude that the district court’s decision was correct. See Torgerson v. City of Rochester, 643 F.3d 1031, 1042 (8th Cir. 2011) (en banc) (standard of review); see also Edmund v. MidAmerican Energy Co., 299 F.3d 679, 686 (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 discrimination). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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