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Richard KURTZEBORN, Appellant, v. ALLIED GEAR AND MACHINE CO., INC.; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District No. 9, Appellees.
    No. 04-1812.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 12, 2005.
    Decided Jan. 18, 2005.
    Timothy Kevin Kellett, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Thomas George Bearden, Craig A. Marr, Bearden & Breckenridge, Cary W. Hammond, Greg A. Campbell, Diekemper & Hammond, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before WOLLMAN, MCMILLIAN, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

After Richard Kurtzeborn, a union employee of Allied Gear and Machine Co., Inc., was laid off, he. filed a grievance asserting his discharge violated the terms of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) because more junior employees were retained. Kurtzebom’s grievance was denied, and Kurtzeborn’s union declined to pursue the grievance to arbitration. Kurtzebom then brought this action against Allied Gear asserting breach of the CBA and against the union for breach of its duty of fair representation. The district court granted summary judgment to Allied Gear and the union, concluding Allied Gear complied with the seniority provisions of the CBA when laying off Kurtzeborn and thus the union did not breach its duty of fair representation.

On appeal, Kurtzebom contends summary judgment is improper because there is a genuine issue of material fact-whether Allied Gear breached the CBA when it laid him off. Having carefully reviewed the parties’ briefs, the record, and the applicable law, we conclude the district court properly granted summary judgment to Allied Gear and the union. Because we have nothing to add to the district court’s explanation, we affirm on the basis of the district court’s memorandum and order. See 8th Cir. 47B. 
      
      The Honorable Catherine D. Perry, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.