IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-51095

Summary Calendar

JAMIE ADAN BALLESTEROS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (A-99-CV-158)

April 2, 2001

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

In this Title VII retaliation case, Jaime Adan Ballesteros

appeals from a grant of summary judgment against him. Ballesteros

claims that he was investigated on corruption charges in

retaliation for his refusal to fire a secretary that had submitted

a sexual harassment claim. The district court found that

Ballesteros had not demonstrated a causal connection between his

refusal to fire the secretary and the subsequent investigation; and

further that substantial evidence supported Ballesteros’s

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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

district court was correct to so hold.

AFFIRMED.

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