Case Name: Ira J. GIBSON, Appellant, v. MILLCREEK OF ARKANSAS, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-20
Citations: 435 F. App'x 581
Docket Number: No. 11-1425
Parties: Ira J. GIBSON, Appellant, v. MILLCREEK OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.
Judges: Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 435
Pages: 581–582

Head Matter:
Ira J. GIBSON, Appellant, v. MILLCREEK OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.
No. 11-1425.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 9, 2011.
Filed: Oct. 20, 2011.
Shawn Garrick Childs, John Winfred Walker, Sr., John W. Walker, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.
Ira J. Gibson, Toney, AL, pro se.
Stephen Witsell Jones, Mika Shadid Tucker, Jack & Nelson, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.
Before MURPHY, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ira J. Gibson appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in her employment-discrimination action against her former employer, Mill-creek of Arkansas. After careful de novo review, see Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir.2006), this court agrees with the district court that summary judgment was proper. The undisputed evidence shows that Gibson, a teacher, was terminated for failing to obtain required certification; that she was not similarly situated to several other teachers who had received extensions of time to obtain certification; and that there were no openings for the new position that she sought. This court also agrees with the district court that Gibson did not make a viable 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim.
The district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.