Scales v. Slater

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

We must determine whether the district court properly granted summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Rodney E. Slater 1 as the official in charge of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) in this employment discrimination lawsuit. 2 After reviewing the evidence in the record, we believe that summary judgment was appropriate in this case because the discrimination claim fails as a matter of law. We thus affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

Plaintiff-Appellant Laverne Scales (“Scales”), an African-American woman, filed suit pursuant to Title VII of the…