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William Henderson, Postmaster * General, United States Postal Service, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee.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

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.

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

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