Samuel Jr. GILLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERKELEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge BROADWATER joined.

OPINION

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Samuel Gillins appeals the district court’s grant of 'summary judgment to his employer, Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. (“BEC”), in his Title VII race discrimination claim. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l) (1994). Gillins claims that BEC temporarily demoted him from his position as a Marketing Representative to a Meter Reader for a two-year period because he is African-American. The district court granted BEC summary judgment because Gillins failed to…