Tilden Holliday v. Commonwealth Brands, Inc.

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Tilden Holliday appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Commonwealth Brands, Inc. (“CBI”) on his claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”). Holliday claims that CBI terminated his employment because of his age and hired someone younger to replace him. The district court determined that even assuming Holliday had established a prima facie age discrimination claim, he had not shown that CBI’s purported reason for terminating him — his poor performance — was a pretext for unlawful discrimination. We affirm.

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