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Parties Involved:
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
Appellee
George Spann
Appellant

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The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Eastern District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2633

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George Spann, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Arkansas Department of Finance and *

Administration, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: June 14, 2006

Filed: June 19, 2006

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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

George Spann appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

in his Title VII employment-discrimination suit against his former employer, Arkansas

Department of Finance and Administration (AFDA). Having carefully reviewed the

record, see Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d 799, 803-04 (8th Cir. 2004) (de novo

standard of review), we agree with the district court that Spann failed to establish that

AFDA’s proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the adverse actions taken

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against Spann--continued performance deficiencies--were pretextual. See Gilooly v.

Mo. Dep’t of Health & Senior Servs., 421 F.3d 734, 739 (8th Cir. 2005) (burdenshifting analysis). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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