United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 99-1626 ___________

Ramona Einfalt, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of Nebraska. William Henderson, Postmaster * General, United States Postal Service, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________

Submitted: October 1, 1999 Filed: October 4, 1999 ___________

Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

In this employment discrimination action, Ramona Einfalt appeals the district court&s1 grant of summary judgment in favor of her employer. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties& submissions, we conclude that the district court did not err in granting summary judgment, because Einfalt failed to show that USPS&s reasons were pretextual and that the actual reason she was not promoted was age

1 The HONORABLE JOSEPH F. BATAILLON, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. discrimination. Further, Einfalt failed to establish a cause of action for retaliation. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

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

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