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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION

File Name: 16a0249n.06

No. 15-6077

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

CATHERINE SNYDER, 

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION,

Defendant-Appellee.

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ON APPEAL FROM THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT 

COURT FOR THE WESTERN 

DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE

BEFORE: GUY, BATCHELDER and COOK, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM. Catherine Snyder, a Memphis school teacher, was terminated from her 

job in 2011 following a severe bout of depression that left her temporarily unable to work. 

Snyder initially received sick leave, but she did not timely submit completed paperwork to 

extend her leave. Snyder sued her former employer, the Shelby County Board of Education (the 

Board), claiming disparate treatment and failure to accommodate under the Americans with 

Disabilities Act (ADA). The district court granted the Board summary judgment on both of 

these issues, concluding that Snyder had presented no evidence of pretext for her disparate 

treatment claim and that she had failed to exhaust her failure-to-accommodate claim.

Snyder has appealed, arguing that the district court incorrectly applied our precedents and 

erroneously failed to draw all reasonable inferences in her favor. After carefully reviewing the 

record, the applicable law, and the parties’ briefs, we conclude that the district court correctly 

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decided both issues as a matter of law, and that the issuance of a full written opinion would serve 

no useful purpose. We therefore AFFIRM on the basis of the district court’s opinions granting

summary judgment in the Board’s favor.

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