Case Name: Abe Brian EVANS, Appellant, v. SIEGEL-ROBERT, INC., doing business as Plastene Supply Company, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-12-10
Citations: 22 F. App'x 688
Docket Number: No. 01-2152
Parties: Abe Brian EVANS, Appellant, v. SIEGEL-ROBERT, INC., doing business as Plastene Supply Company, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 22
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
Abe Brian EVANS, Appellant, v. SIEGEL-ROBERT, INC., doing business as Plastene Supply Company, Appellee.
No. 01-2152.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 5, 2001.
Decided Dec. 10, 2001.
Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
[UNPUBLISHED]
PER CURIAM.
Abe Brian Evans, a former maintenance employee of Siegel-Robert's Plastene Supply Company division, appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in his race discrimination action brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the Missouri Human Rights Act. Following de novo review of the record, see Whitley v. Peer Review Sys., Inc., 221 F.3d 1053, 1055 (8th Cir.2000), we affirm.
Human Resources Manager Barry Little called Evans-who monitored Plastene's critical water supply during his shift-to his office on April 16, shortly after an incident involving the water supply. Although Evans maintained he had timely and correctly read the water gauges, Little decided to terminate Evans after the incident based on Evans's readings, which Little believed to be falsified; on the recommendation of Evans's supervisor, Gary Mercer; and on three previous warnings Evans had received concerning job performance. Although Evans asserts that genuine issues of material fact exist regarding his prior disciplinary record and the April 16 events, he did not meet his burden of producing evidence from which a jury could find that Siegel-Robert's preferred reason for his termination was pretextual. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986).
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.