Case Name: James B. McCRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs Agency, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-07
Citations: 561 F. App'x 564
Docket Number: No. 13-2294
Parties: James B. McCRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs Agency, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 561
Pages: 564–564

Head Matter:
James B. McCRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs Agency, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-2294.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 2, 2014.
Filed: April 7, 2014.
James B. McCray, Raytown, MO, pro se.
Jeffrey P. Ray, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James McCray appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his employment action, in which he claimed that defendant terminated him in retaliation for engaging in protected activity, in violation of Title VII. After careful de novo review, see Olsen v. Capital Region Med. Ctr., 713 F.3d 1149, 1153 (8th Cir.2013) (standard of review), we conclude that summary judgment was proper, because defendant presented evidence of a legitimate, non-retaliatory reason for terminating the employment of McCray, a probationary employee, and McCray failed to demonstrate that a genuine issue of fact existed on whether the stated reason was a pretext for illegal retaliation.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.