Carol Weems v. Lauderdale County Sch Dist , 583 F. App'x 371 ( 2014 )

Case: 13-60812 Document: 00512815540 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/27/2014
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-60812 United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
PH.D. CAROL B. WEEMS, October 27, 2014
Lyle W. Cayce
Plaintiff - Appellant Clerk
v.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; KAREN RHODES,
Defendants - Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 4:12-CV-88
Before JOLLY and JONES, Circuit Judges, and AFRICK*, District Judge.
PER CURIAM:**
After reviewing the record and the parties’ briefs, and having had the
benefit of oral argument, we conclude that the evidence is insufficient to
support plaintiff Weems’s age-based discrimination claims. Weems failed to
point to sufficient evidence that creates a genuine issue of material fact as to
whether the school district’s legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for its
* District Judge of the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting by designation.
**Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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hiring decisions were false and a pretext for age-based discrimination. Cf. Leal
v. McHugh, 731 F.3d 405, 411 (5th Cir. 2013).
We AFFIRM the district court’s grant of summary judgment in the school
district’s favor.
AFFIRMED.
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