Legal Opinion
Lavada A. Box v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2006No. 05-2060PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Lavada A. Box, an African-American female, brought suit against her former employer, the Department of Veterans Affairs (‘VA”), alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court 2 granted the VA’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Box failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination or retaliation. We affirm.
I. Background
Box was hired by the Kansas City VA Medical Center in 1986 as a GS-3 medical clerk/secretary. In that same year, Box was promoted to a GS-4…
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