United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 18-2325 ___________________________

Henry I. Okoye

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Commissioner of Social Security Administration

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________

Submitted: April 2, 2019 Filed: April 5, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________

Before ERICKSON, WOLLMAN, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

In this Title VII action, Henry Okoye appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment on his claim of gender-based employment discrimination.

1 The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that the district court properly granted summary judgment. See Torgerson v. City of Rochester, 643 F.3d 1031, 1042 (8th Cir. 2011) (en banc) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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