Johnny Ray FIGGOUS, Appellant, v. ALLIED/BENDIX CORPORATION, ALLIED-SIGNAL, Appellee

Johnny Ray Figgous appeals pro se from a final judgment entered in the District Court 1 for the Western District of Missouri in favor of defendant Allied-Signal, Inc. 2 on his 42 U.S.C. § 2000e claims of discriminatory discharge and retaliation. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Figgous, an Afro-American, began working for defendant in June 1977 as a machinist trainee. In December 1977, Figgous was promoted to general machinist. In 1982 and 1983 he filed race discrimination and retaliation charges against defendant with the Kansas City Department of…