James v. United States Postal Service

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

John W. James appeals from a final order entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Missouri granting ap-pellees’ alternative motion for dismissal or summary judgment as to his employment *1266discrimination suit. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Appellant is black, diabetic, and over the age of forty. The United States Postal Service (agency) terminated his employment as a letter carrier in September 1984 for allegedly threatening to kill his supervisor. Appellant denied making the threat, and in January 1985…