Case Name: Patricia A. TORRE, an individual Plaintiff-Appellant v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP., a Delaware Corporation Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-12
Citations: 697 F. App'x 477
Docket Number: No. 16-4143
Parties: Patricia A. TORRE, an individual Plaintiff-Appellant v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP., a Delaware Corporation Defendant-Appellee
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 477–478

Head Matter:
Patricia A. TORRE, an individual Plaintiff-Appellant v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP., a Delaware Corporation Defendant-Appellee
No. 16-4143
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: September 7, 2017
Filed: September 12, 2017
Benjamin W. Thompson, Thompson Law Office, Omaha, NE, Terry A. White, Carlson & Burnett, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Andrew Stevenson Bogue, Cody Elyse Brookhouser, Abigail M. Moland, McGrath & North, Omaha, NE, David Ellsworth Copple, Copple & Rockey, Norfolk, NE, for Defendant-Appellee
Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Patricia Torre appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. on her claims of a hostile work environment and retaliation. Following de novo review of the record, and construing the evidence most favorably to Torre, we agree with the district court that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that Northrop Grumman Systems is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Henthorn v. Capitol Commc'ns, Inc., 359 F.3d 1021, 1026 (8th Cir. 2004). Specifically, we agree that Torre's allegations did not rise to the level of an actionable hostile work environment claim, see Blomker v. Jewell, 831 F.3d 1051, 1056 (8th Cir. 2016) (elements of Title VII sexual harassment hostile work environment claim); Father Flanagan's Boys' Home v. Agnew, 256 Neb. 394, 590 N.W.2d 688, 693 (1999) (Nebraska employment discrimination law patterned after Title VII), and that she did not rebut evidence that Northrop Grumman acted pursuant to its legitimate, non-retaliatory business judgment in eliminating her position, see Hutton v. Maynard, 812 F.3d 679, 684-85 (8th Cir. 2016). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.