Luckey v. Wadley Regn Med Ctr
Luckey v. Wadley Regn Med Ctr
Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________
m 98-41387 Summary Calendar _______________
CLYDIA LUCKEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS
WADLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee. _________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (5:97-CV-247) _________________________
September 20, 1999
Before SMITH, WIENER, and thus allowing dissemination of information BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges. about her; (2) had failed properly to assess the condition of that patient; and (3) on PER CURIAM:* discovering the severity of the patient’s condition, had run from the patient’s room, Clydia sued for race and age discrimination screaming, in a panic, instead of undertaking and retaliation after being terminated from her proper intervention. The magistrate judge was employment as a nurse at defendant Wadley in a position to judge the credibility of the Regional Medical Center. The matter was witnesses and to weigh the evidence. We find referred, by consent, to a magistrate judge, no clear error in the magistrate judge’s finding who conducted a bench trial and found no that the firing was not the result of any discrimination. discrimination or other unlawful conduct.
We affirm, essentially for the reasons stated AFFIRMED. by the magistrate judge in his findings of fact and conclusions of law. The record shows that Luckey was fired because she (1) had negligently showed a patient who desired confidentiality to be an “information” patient,
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
Reference
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- Unpublished