Cynthia Jiles v. Eric Shinseki, No. 10-2212 (8th Cir. 2010)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - employment discrimination. Pre-service dismissal affirmed without comment.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 10-2212 ___________ Cynthia Jiles, Appellant, v. Eric K. Shinseki; Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Appellee. * * * * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. * * * * ___________ Submitted: August 19, 2010 Filed: August 24, 2010 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Cynthia Jiles appeals the district court s1 preservice dismissal of her employment-discrimination action. Upon de novo review, see Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam), we agree with the district court that the complaint failed to state a claim, see Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1950-52 (2009) (assuming veracity of well-pleaded factual allegations, court should determine 1 The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. whether they plausibly give rise to entitlement to relief). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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