United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________

No. 04-1675 ___________

Mark Anthony Gladney, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Appeal from the United States Hilton Frontenac Hotel, * District Court for the Eastern St. Louis Hotel, * District of Missouri. * Appellee, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Phyllis Kennedy, Human Resources * Director; Tom Barton, Chef; Dennis * Shelton, General Manager, * * Defendants. * ___________

Submitted: December 7, 2004 Filed: December 10, 2004 ___________

Before MURPHY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM. Mark Anthony Gladney appeals the district court’s* adverse grant of summary judgment in favor of Hilton Frontenac Hotel and dismissing Gladney’s employment- discrimination and retaliation action. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. Thus, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

* The Honorable Henry Edward Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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