Eugene P. Dickson v. John M. McHugh, Secretary of the United States Army

13-3586Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitFeb 27, 2015

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United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-1289
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Eugene P. Dickson
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
John M. McHugh, Secretary of the United States Army
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
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Submitted: January 19, 2015
Filed: February 4, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Eugene Dickson appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary1
judgment in his action asserting age and race discrimination. Upon careful de novo
The Honorable Brian S. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court for1
the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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review, we conclude that the district court’s decision was correct. See Torgerson v.
City of Rochester, 643 F.3d 1031, 1042 (8th Cir. 2011) (en banc) (standard of
review); see also Edmund v. MidAmerican Energy Co., 299 F.3d 679, 686 (8th Cir.
2002) (federal courts do not sit as super personnel department reviewing wisdom or
fairness of business judgments made by employers, except to extent those judgments
involve intentional discrimination).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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