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Cleotis JAMERSON, Appellant, v. RENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC., Appellee.
    No. 05-1536.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: March 7, 2006.
    Decided: March 13, 2006.
    Robin J. Carroll, Vickery & Carroll, El Dorado, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Donna Smity Galchus, Danna J. Young, Cross & Gunter, Little Rock, AR, Benjamin Harrison Shipley, III, Cross & Gunter, D. Gina Smith, Arthur Powell Sanders, Sexton & Sanders, Fort Smith, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.
    
      Before RILEY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Cleothis Jamerson appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in his Title VII employment-discrimination suit. The sole issue on appeal is whether Jamerson was an employee of defendant Rental Management, Inc. or an independent contractor, for purposes of Title VII protection. See Schwieger v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co. of Neb., 207 F.3d 480, 483 (8th Cir.2000) (Title VII protects only employees). Upon de novo review, see Jenkins v. S. Farm Bureau Cas., 307 F.3d 741, 743 (8th Cir.2002), we agree with the district court that the undisputed facts show that Jamerson was an independent contractor. See Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Darden, 503 U.S. 318, 324, 112 S.Ct. 1344, 117 L.Ed.2d 581 (1992) (enumerating factors courts consider in determining employment status); Lerohl v. Friends of Minn. Sinfonia, 322 F.3d 486, 488 (8th Cir.2003) (employment status is question of law); Schwieger v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co. of Neb., 207 F.3d 480, 483 (8th Cir. 2000) (discussing Darden factors). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 
      
      . A review of the record indicates appellant’s first name is "Cleothis.”
     
      
      . The Honorable Harry F. Barnes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.