Case Name: James KELLEY, Appellant, v. Jim WHITE, Individually and In His Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of McGehee, Arkansas, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-05
Citations: 458 F. App'x 575
Docket Number: No. 11-3018
Parties: James KELLEY, Appellant, v. Jim WHITE, Individually and In His Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of McGehee, Arkansas, Appellee.
Judges: Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 458
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
James KELLEY, Appellant, v. Jim WHITE, Individually and In His Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of McGehee, Arkansas, Appellee.
No. 11-3018.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 29, 2012.
Filed: March 5, 2012.
Luther Oneal Sutter, Harrill & Sutter, Benton, AR, for Appellant.
Ralph Charles Ohm, Clyde Burt Newell, Law Office of C. Burt Newell, Hot Springs, AR, for Appellee.
Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Kelley appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil rights action arising out of his termination from employment. After carefully reviewing the record de novo, see Berryhill v. Schriro, 137 F.3d 1073, 1075, 1077 (8th Cir.1998), we have found no basis for reversal.
First, to the extent Kelley's complaint may be construed as asserting a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, we conclude that Kelley failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish a genuine issue of material fact. See Takele v. Mayo Clinic, 576 F.3d 834, 836, 839 (8th Cir.2009) (setting forth prima facie elements of retaliation claim); Thomas v. Corwin, 483 F.3d 516, 527 (8th Cir.2007) (mere allegations, unsupported by specific facts or evidence beyond a nonmoving party's own conclusions, are insufficient to withstand motion for summary judgment); cf. Kiel v. Select Artificials, Inc., 169 F.3d 1131, 1136 (8th Cir.1999) (en banc) (anti-discrimination statutes do not insulate employee from discipline for violating employer's rules or disrupting workplace; generally, more than temporal connection between protected conduct and adverse employment action is required to present genuine factual issue on retaliation).
Second, as to Kelley's equal protection claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, we agree with the district court that he failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he was treated differently than other persons who were similarly situated in all relevant respects. See Flowers v. City of Minneapolis, 558 F.3d 794, 798 (8th Cir.2009) (to establish violation of Equal Protection Clause, plaintiff had to show he was treated differently than other persons who were similarly situated in all relevant respects).
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.