United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-1720 ___________________________

Pamela Jeanette Smith

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

The Curators of the University of Missouri

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

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

Submitted: February 27, 2020 Filed: March 3, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Pamela Smith appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in her employment action. After careful review of the record and the parties’

1 The Honorable Willie J. Epps, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). arguments on appeal, we conclude that summary judgment was proper. See Hartsfield v. Nichols, 511 F.3d 826, 829 (8th Cir. 2008) (reviewing grant of summary judgment de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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