United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 96-4072 _____________ Rodney Tyrone Hopkins, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * Eastern District of Missouri. * Tannery West, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * _____________ Submitted: June 27, 1997 Filed: July 7, 1997 _____________ Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges. _____________ PER CURIAM.

Rodney Tyrone Hopkins appeals from the District Court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment to Tannery West, Inc., in his Title VII action. After review of the parties' briefs and the record, we conclude the District Court's judgment was correct.

Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The Honorable George F. Gunn, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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