LAVERGNE v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Myra LAVERGNE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 20-20453

Decided: July 07, 2021

Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Costa, Circuit Judges.

Alfonso Kennard, Jr., Esq., Senior Counsel, Kennard Law, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Benjamin Lindberg Dower, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Myra LaVergne appeals the district court's grant of summary judgement to University of Texas Medical Branch (“UTMB”) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She alleges (1) race discrimination based on UTMB's failure to promote her to Cluster Nurse Manager, (2) race discrimination based on the termination of her employment, and (3) retaliation based on the termination of her employment. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on each claim.

This court has carefully reviewed the briefs, district court opinion, and pertinent portions of the record. Having done so, we find no reversible error of fact or law. The judgment is AFFIRMED.

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE.

Per Curiam:* FN* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

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