Case Name: Alverne C. BUSH, Appellant, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS/TITAN GROUP, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-12-13
Citations: 404 F. App'x 86
Docket Number: No. 10-1940
Parties: Alverne C. BUSH, Appellant, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS/TITAN GROUP, Appellee.
Judges: Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 404
Pages: 86–87

Head Matter:
Alverne C. BUSH, Appellant, v. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS/TITAN GROUP, Appellee.
No. 10-1940.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 25, 2010.
Filed: Dec. 13, 2010.
Alverne C. Bush, Kansas City, MO, pro se.
Michael L. Matula, Robert Lee Ortbals, Jr., Ogletree & Deakins, Kansas City, MO, Alan B. Pearl, Syosset, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Alverne Bush appeals following the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in her employment discrimination action. After careful de novo review, see Murphy v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 372 F.3d 979, 982 (8th Cir.2004), we conclude that summary judgment was properly granted. Even assuming Bush made a prima facie case of discrimination on any of the bases asserted in her complaint, she failed to create a jury issue on whether her unsatisfactory job performance — the reason given for her termination — was a pretext for unlawful discrimination. See Richmond v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Minn., 957 F.2d 595, 598 (8th Cir.1992). Summary judgment also was proper on Bush's claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act, because she did not provide the required notice to her employer. See Woods v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 409 F.3d 984, 991 (8th Cir.2005).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and deny Bush's pending motion for appointment of counsel.
. The Honorable Howard F. Sachs, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.