Dexter Duren v. URS Corporation

Dexter Duren and DeArthur Grice appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment dismissing certain of their employment-discrimination and retaliation claims against URS Corporation. Reviewing the grant of summary judgment de novo, see Inechien v. Nichols Alum., LLC, 728 F.3d 816, 819 (8th Cir. 2013), we affirm.

In November 2007, URS acquired a corporation that had been hired by the U.S. Department of Defense to operate an incineration plant to destroy chemical weapons at the Army’s Pine Bluff Arsenal. Duren was employed at the plant as an Information Systems Administrator. Grice was…