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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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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

April 28, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-60492

 

DENNIS J. ERBY,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Mississippi

(00-CV-321)

Before JOLLY, JONES and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The court has carefully considered this case in light of

the briefs, oral argument and pertinent portions of the record.

Having done so, we find no reversible error of fact or law.

Although the inferential evidence of racial discrimination in

regard to Erby’s failure to promote claim was weak, it was not so

nonexistent as to require taking the claim away from the jury. No

doubt their view of this claim was also colored by the more

compelling evidence on the retaliation claim. We find no

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reversible error in the court’s remitted award of damages or in its

decision to deny a new trial.

AFFIRMED.

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