Darren Smith v. City of Forrest City Arkansas, No. 21-3703 (8th Cir. 2022)

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Court Description: [Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Melloy, and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. Order granting defendant summary judgment affirmed without comment.

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 21-3703 ___________________________ Darren Smith lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas; Deon Lee, Individually and as Chief of the Forrest City Police Department; Cedric Williams, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Forrest City, Arkansas lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Delta ____________ Submitted: July 15, 2022 Filed: July 29, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, MELLOY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Darren Smith appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his employment discrimination action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the grant of summary judgment was proper. See Banks v. John Deere & Co., 829 F.3d 661, 665 (8th Cir. 2016) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. -2-

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