IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-60847
(Summary Calendar)
EMMA BREWSTER BARFIELD,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
doing business as South Central
Bell Telephone Company,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Southern District of Mississippi
(4:96-CV-95-LN)
May 21, 1997
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of
Plaintiff-Appellant Emma Brewster Barfield’s second wrongful
termination claim against Defendant-Appellee BellSouth
*
Pursuant to Local 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 Local Rule 47.5.4.
Telecommunications, Inc., doing business as South Central Bell
Telephone Company. Barfield asserts that the district court erred
in determining that her case was barred by the principles res
judicata on the basis of her first suit which had alleged
discrimination grounded in the Americans with Disabilities Act. In
conducting our de novo review, we carefully evaluated the record on
appeal, the arguments of both parties as set forth in their briefs
to this court, and the applicable law, and we have come to the same
conclusions as did the district court in its well-reasoned and
thoughtful opinion. Specifically, her second suit arises from
precisely the same operative nucleus of fact as did her first suit,
thereby precluding such relitigation. We therefore affirm in all
respects the district court’s dismissal for the same reasons
expressed therein by the district court.
AFFIRMED.