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No. 13-1824
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:11-cv-00246-BO)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Walter Lee Whitaker appeals the district courts order
granting summary judgment to Defendants on his claims of racial
discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
42 U.S.C.A. 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2003 & Supp. 2013) (Title
VII). *
We affirm.
Summary
genuine
dispute
judgment
as
to
any
is
appropriate
material
where
fact
and
there
the
is
no
movant
is
Fed. R. Civ. P.
A district
nor
does
mere
scintilla
F.3d
645,
omitted).
649
(4th
of
evidence
in
support
of
[the
2002)
(internal
quotation
marks
summary judgment.
2011).
Title VII makes it an unlawful employment practice
for an employer . . . to discriminate against any individual
with
respect
to
his
compensation,
terms,
conditions,
or
U.S.C.A.
2000e-2(a)(1).
Because
Whitaker
produced
no
to
the
McDonnell
establish
elements:
(1)
employment
action;
membership
(3)
Douglas
prima
in
framework,
facie
case
protected
performance
at
Whitaker
comprising
class;
(2)
level
meeting
was
four
adverse
his
674 F.3d 264, 266 (4th Cir. 2012); King v. Rumsfeld, 328 F.3d
145, 149 (4th Cir. 2003).
reason
reason
is
for
the
adverse
employment
action.
rebutted,
its
and
action,
the
the
presumption
employee,
who
bears
of
the
that
discrimination.
the
proffered
reason
was
pretext
for
the
motivated.
decision
not
to
renew
his
contract
was
racially
2009)
(discussing
Whitakers
prima
suggestion
facie
that
case).
Title
VII
Finally,
permits
him
we
to
reject
proceed
Love-Lane
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED