United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS February 27, 2004
For the Fifth Circuit
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 03-50786
Summary Calendar
LUCY DORANTES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT EL PASO, ET AL,
Defendants,
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT EL PASO
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Western District of Texas, El Paso
(1:02-CR-37-1)
Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Lucy Dorantes (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) brought this suit
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under the Texas
Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) against her employer,
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso
(hereinafter “Defendant”) alleging that she was fired in
retaliation for reporting to her supervisors that other employees
were unhappy about certain alleged misconduct on the part of the
supervisor. After adequate discovery which established that
Plaintiff was actually terminated for legitimate non-discriminatory
reasons related to her long history of poor work performance,
Defendant moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted
summary judgment in favor of Defendant holding that Plaintiff had
failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that she engaged
in activity protected under Title VII or TCHRA and that Plaintiff
failed to establish a causal link between the termination and any
protected activity. Plaintiff timely appealed to this Court.
We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the reply brief, the
record excerpts and relevant portions of the record itself. For
the reasons stated by the district court in its memorandum opinion
and order filed on June 23, 2003, we affirm the final judgment in
favor of Defendant filed on June 23, 2003. AFFIRMED.
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