Case Name: Donald R. TYES, Appellant, v. Weldon WILHOIT; Frederick M. Mills; John Gordon; James Keathley; Dennis Overby; Larry Bodenhammer; Missouri State Highway Patrol; Michael Pace, individually and in his official capacity as Major of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-04-03
Citations: 7 F. App'x 538
Docket Number: No. 00-2327
Parties: Donald R. TYES, Appellant, v. Weldon WILHOIT; Frederick M. Mills; John Gordon; James Keathley; Dennis Overby; Larry Bodenhammer; Missouri State Highway Patrol; Michael Pace, individually and in his official capacity as Major of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Appellees.
Judges: Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 7
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
Donald R. TYES, Appellant, v. Weldon WILHOIT; Frederick M. Mills; John Gordon; James Keathley; Dennis Overby; Larry Bodenhammer; Missouri State Highway Patrol; Michael Pace, individually and in his official capacity as Major of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Appellees.
No. 00-2327.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted March 27, 2001.
Decided April 3, 2001.
Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Donald R. Tyes was employed at the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). After Tyes applied for and was denied several positions, he brought this discrimination lawsuit against the MSHP and several of its officers alleging race discrimination, retaliation, and disparate impact. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants in a 127-page decision. The district court first concluded Tyes had suffered no adverse employment action by denial of a lateral transfer and Tye thus failed to establish a prima facie case. The district court also concluded Tye failed to create a genuine issue of fact regarding whether the MSHP's reason for the denial was pretextual. On appeal, Tyes argues the district court committed error in not finding pretext, citing Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 120 S.Ct. 2097, 147 L.Ed.2d 105 (2000). Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm on the basis of the district court's thorough summary judgment ruling. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
The Honorable Robert E. Larson, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri.