Mark St. Hilaire v. Minco Products, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Mark St. Hilaire v. Minco Products, Inc., 3 F. App'x 570 (8th Cir. 2001)

Mark St. Hilaire v. Minco Products, Inc.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

After Mineo Products, Inc., terminated Mark St. Hilaire for allegedly harassing two female co-workers, threatening a supervisor, and poor work habits, St. Hilaire exhausted his administrative remedies and commenced this action, alleging disability and retaliation discrimination. The dis *571 trict court 1 granted summary judgment in favor of Mineo dismissing St. Hilaire’s discrimination claims. The court concluded he neither alleged nor demonstrated the “protected activity” needed to support a retaliation claim, and he failed to present sufficient evidence that Minco’s legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for the termination were a pretext for disability discrimination.

St. Hilaire appeals, arguing he established a prima facie case of disability discrimination (which the district court assumed), and Minco’s stated reasons for the termination are “transparently pretextual.” After de novo review of the summary judgment record, we affirm the dismissal of his discrimination claims for the reasons stated by the district court. See 8th Cir. Rule 47B. St. Hilaire further argues that the district court abused its discretion by granting Minco’s discovery motions to compel production of St. Hilaire’s medical and tax records. We decline to consider these rulings, as they did not affect the dismissal of St. Hilaire’s claims on the merits. See 6 Moore’s Federal Practice § 26.07[5] (Matthew Bender 3d ed.) (interlocutory discovery orders reviewable on appeal “insofar as they are not moot and have affected the correctness of the final judgment”).

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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. The HONORABLE ANN D. MONTGOMERY, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

Reference

Full Case Name
Mark ST. HILAIRE, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. MINCO PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant—Appellee
Status
Unpublished