IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________

m 99-20189 Summary Calendar _______________

FRANCES GALLI, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH, Defendant-Appellee. _________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (H-97-CV-2215) _________________________

September 29, 1999

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and was discharged for any reason other than her STEWART, Circuit Judges. failure to abide by UTMB’s leave policies.”

PER CURIAM:* The court entered judgment on the basis of a comprehensive recommendation submitted Frances Galli sued for age discrimination by the magistrate judge. We affirm, essentially for comments made by her supervisor prior to for the reasons contained in that September 1993, after which time she did no recommendation. work for defendant University of Texas Medical Branch. She did not file her charge of AFFIRMED. discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission until January 1996, outside the 300 days permitted by law.

The district court granted summary judgment for defendant, in part because the action was time-barred. The court also noted that Galli “has presented no evidence which disputes, or even raises an inference, that she

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.