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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 

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* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this

opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under

the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

February 27, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

For the Fifth Circuit

No. 03-50786

Summary Calendar

LUCY DORANTES,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

VERSUS

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT EL PASO, ET AL,

Defendants,

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT EL PASO

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

For the Western District of Texas, El Paso

(1:02-CR-37-1)

Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Lucy Dorantes (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) brought this suit

under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under the Texas

Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) against her employer,

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso

(hereinafter “Defendant”) alleging that she was fired in

retaliation for reporting to her supervisors that other employees

were unhappy about certain alleged misconduct on the part of the

supervisor. After adequate discovery which established that

Plaintiff was actually terminated for legitimate non-discriminatory

reasons related to her long history of poor work performance,

Defendant moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted

summary judgment in favor of Defendant holding that Plaintiff had

failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that she engaged

in activity protected under Title VII or TCHRA and that Plaintiff

failed to establish a causal link between the termination and any

protected activity. Plaintiff timely appealed to this Court.

We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the reply brief, the

record excerpts and relevant portions of the record itself. For

the reasons stated by the district court in its memorandum opinion

and order filed on June 23, 2003, we affirm the final judgment in

favor of Defendant filed on June 23, 2003. AFFIRMED.

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