Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-21 17:00:23.165912+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
                         ___________________________

                                 No. 22-3022
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                                    Bret Landrith

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

                                           v.

  Farmers Insurance Company, Inc.; James Andrew Bingley; Morrow Willnauer
                       Church LLC; Brown & James

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees
                                       ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
                                 ____________

                           Submitted: February 15, 2023
                             Filed: February 21, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
                                  ____________

Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
                         ____________

PER CURIAM.

       Bret Landrith appeals the dismissal of a discrimination claim he brought
against his car-insurance company and its lawyers. Having carefully reviewed the
record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the complaint failed
to state a claim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); Gregory v. Dillard’s, Inc., 565 F.3d
464, 472–73 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing the failure to state a claim de novo
and noting that allegations in a complaint must be “plausibl[e],” not “conclusory”
(citation omitted)); Sayger v. Riceland Foods, Inc., 735 F.3d 1025, 1031 (8th Cir.
2013) (stating that a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 requires “a causal
connection” between the protected activity and an adverse action (citation omitted)).
We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.1 See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
      The Honorable David Gregory Kays, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
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