Kimara Dewberry v. Gilmer County School Dist.

294 F. App'x 482

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: September 19, 2008
• Docket: 07-14958
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Rimara Dewberry (“Dewberry”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees Gilmer County School District (“GCSD”), Raiford Cantrell, Alexander B. Rainey, Sandra Davenport, Charme Harmon, and Julie Martin 1 on her race discrimination claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17.

“We review de novo a district court’s grant of summary judgment, viewing all the evidence, and drawing all reasonable inferences, in favor of the nonmoving party.” Allstate Life Ins. Co. v. Miller, 424 F.3d 1113,1115 (11th Cir.2005).

After reviewing the record, reading the parties’ briefs, and having the benefit of oral argument, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Appellees because Dewberry fails to show that the reasons given by the Appellees for hiring Payton, Parks, Young, or Watkins were a mere pretext for discrimination.

AFFIRMED.

1 . Martin was the GCSD personnel director from April 1999 through January 2004; Harmon and Davenport are principals at GCSD elementary schools; Rainey was the GCSD superintendent from December 1998 through December 2004; Cantrell is the current GCSD superintendent.