Phyllis Austin v. Department of Veteran Affairs, No. 07-3231 (8th Cir. 2009)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - employment discrimination. Defendant's summary judgment in Title VII employment-discrimination suit affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 07-3231 ___________ Phyllis Austin, Appellant, v. Department of Veteran Affairs, Secretary Eric K. Shinseki,1 Appellee. * * * * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. * * [UNPUBLISHED] * * ___________ Submitted: March 3, 2009 Filed: March 11, 2009 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Phyllis Austin appeals the district court s2 adverse grant of summary judgment in her Title VII employment-discrimination suit against the Department of Veteran Affairs. Having carefully reviewed the record and considered Austin s arguments, we 1 Eric K. Shinseki has been appointed to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs, and is substituted as an appellee pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c). 2 The Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. find no basis for reversal. See Jacob-Mua v. Veneman, 289 F.3d 517, 520 (8th Cir. 2002) (de novo standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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