UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-2496
ROBERT ANDERSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
ITT INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; MICHAEL D.;
ROBERT K.,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
ITT FEDERAL SERVICES CORPORATION,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District
Judge. (CA-99-818-A)
Submitted: November 30, 2001 Decided: December 20, 2001
Before LUTTIG, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
S. Neil Stout, FLAX & STOUT, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.
Stephen William Robinson, Dana T. Buckman, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP,
McLean, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Robert Anderson filed a complaint alleging employment dis-
crimination in his termination as a project manager for ITT
Industries Corporation. The district court conducted a hearing and
granted summary judgment in Appellees’ favor for the reasons stated
from the bench. Anderson appeals from the court’s order. We have
reviewed the briefs, the record, and the district court’s state-
ments from the bench. The court properly found that, even if
Anderson could make a prima facie showing of discriminatory
termination, Appellees showed legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons
for the adverse employment action and that Anderson failed to show
that the reasons were pretextual. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing
Prods., Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 137-39 (2000). Accordingly, we affirm
on the reasoning of the district court as stated at the hearing on
October 20, 2000. Anderson v. ITT Industries Corp., No. CA-99-818-
A (E.D. Va. filed Oct. 20, 2000 & entered Oct. 23, 2000). We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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