Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-06-01 00:01:09.334369+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:03.051472
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United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eighth Circuit
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                            No. 12-2909
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                          Kenneth W. Fernandez

                   lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

                                       v.

                           Budget Exteriors, Inc.

                   lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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                 Appeal from United States District Court
                for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
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                          Submitted: April 5, 2013
                            Filed: May 31, 2013
                              [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Kenneth W. Fernandez appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary
judgment in his employment-discrimination action. Upon careful de novo review, see
Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d 799, 803 (8th Cir. 2004), we conclude that
summary judgment was proper. The district court correctly concluded Fernandez's
hostile work environment claims were untimely and that his retaliatory-discharge
claim fails because Budget articulated legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for his
discharge, which Fernandez did not show were pretextual.

      Accordingly, we affirm the judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
        The Honorable Jeffrey J. Keyes, United States Magistrate Judge for the
District of Minnesota, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent
of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

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