Janine A. Calvin v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.

218 F.3d 904, 2000 WL 1072328

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: August 3, 2000
• Docket: 99-3809
• Status: Published

Opinions

PER CURIAM.

Janine A. Calvin appeals from the order of the District Court² granting summary judgment to Calvin’s employer, Yellow Freight System, Inc., in Calvin’s employment-discrimination suit under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Calvin, a part-time employee who is black, claims that Yellow Freight’s decision to offer a full-time job to another part-time employee, a white, was the product of racial animus. Yellow Freight offered legitimate, nondiserimina-tory reasons for its decision. The District Court determined that Calvin had failed to produce evidence to show pretext.

For reversal, Calvin argues that the District Court overlooked genuine issues of material fact and contends that she therefore is entitled to a trial on her claim that she was denied the full-time job because of her race. Having reviewed the case, we agree with the District Court’s determination that Calvin failed to come forward with evidence to show that Yellow Freight’s articulated reasons for selecting a person other than Calvin for the full-time job were a pretext for racial discrimination. No error of law appears, and an opinion by this Court would add nothing of substance to the well-reasoned order of the District Court. Accordingly, without further discussion, the decision of the District Court is

AFFIRMED. See 8th Cir.R. 47B.

2 . The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.