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Opinions of the United
2004 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit

11-1-2004

Andy v. UPS Inc
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 03-4502

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                                                                NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                                       No. 03-4502

                                     ADAM ANDY,

                                                         Appellant
                                             v.

                          UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

                    On Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                             (D.C. Civ. No. 02-cv-08231)
                    Honorable Michael M. Baylson, District Judge

                       Submitted under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                                   October 29, 2004

  BEFORE: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, and FISHER and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges

                                (Filed: November 1, 2004)

                               OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

      The district court set forth the background of this matter at length in its

memorandum opinion granting appellee United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) summary

judgment in this action entered on October 29, 2003. Adam Andy brought this action
alleging age discrimination in his termination in violation of the Age Discrimination in

Employment Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. In its opinion the district

court held that Andy, who was 52 years old when he was terminated and was replaced by

a person seven years younger, had made out a prima facie case of age discrimination. See

Sempier v. Johnson & Higgins, 45 F.3d 724, 728 (3d Cir. 1995). The court further held,

however, that UPS had proffered a legitimate non-discriminatory motive for the

termination and that Andy failed to carry his burden of showing that UPS’s proffered

legitimate reason was fabricated and that its action more likely than not was motivated by

discriminatory animus.

       The district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1367.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and exercise plenary review on this appeal.

See Kelly v. Drexel Univ., 94 F.3d 102, 104 (3d Cir. 1996).

       We have very little to add to what the district court said but we emphasize that

evidence that an employee did not engage in misconduct, though in some circumstances

sufficient to cast doubt on the employer’s claim to have terminated the employee by

reason of that conduct, in the circumstances here casts no doubt on the perception of the

decision maker, which is “what matters.” Billet v. Cigna Corp., 940 F.2d 812, 825 (3d

Cir. 1991).

       The order for summary judgment entered October 29, 2003, will be affirmed.

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