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Case: 22-40205     Document: 00516602058         Page: 1     Date Filed: 01/09/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                              Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                      January 9, 2023
                                  No. 22-40205
                                                                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                Summary Calendar
                                                                            Clerk

   David Damas,

                                                           Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                       versus

   Texas Health Presbyterian Flower Mound,

                                                           Defendant—Appellee.

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:20-CV-686

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          The plaintiff in this case, David Damas, claims that his former
   employer, Texas Health Presbyterian Flower Mound (“the Hospital”),
   discriminated against him in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
   1964. Damas was a respiratory therapist who was responsible for helping

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
   circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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                                     No. 22-40205

   patients with breathing problems. Over the course of his employment with
   the Hospital, Damas received numerous performance-related warnings due
   to his repeated failures to comply with hospital policies. Several of these
   failures put the health of his patients at risk. As explained in the report of the
   magistrate judge, the Hospital terminated Damas for those failures. Damas
   presents no prima facie case for discrimination because he has no evidence
   that similarly situated employees were treated differently. And he provides
   no evidence that the Hospital’s stated rationale for firing him was pretext for
   discrimination.
          The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. We find no
   reversible error of law or fact and affirm essentially for the reasons stated in
   the thorough report of the magistrate judge and adopted by the district court.

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