Melissa Lee v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1600 ___________________________ Melissa Jane Lee lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield ____________ Submitted: November 27, 2017 Filed: December 1, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Melissa Lee appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in her action claiming employment discrimination and retaliation. Having reviewed 1 The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that summary judgment was properly granted for the reasons stated in the district court’s order, see Peterson v. Kopp, 754 F.3d 594, 598 (8th Cir. 2014) (de novo review); and that the district court did not err in not recusing itself sua sponte, see United States v. Rubashkin, 655 F.3d 849, 858 (8th Cir. 2011) (plain error review). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-