United States Eighth Circuit

Employee did not show that her termination for failing to perform job duty was in retaliation for taking family leave to adopt a child, or for complaining about not hiring Bosnian job applicants. A temporal connection did not satisfy causal connection or establish pretext.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2002
• Published 09/11/2002

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and GOLDBERG, Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vernon P. Squires, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA (Ellen R. Ramsey-Kacena, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James R. Hellman, argued, Waterloo, IA (Lynn M. Smith, on the brief), for appellee.