United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 21-2717 ___________________________

Jessie Samuel Rufus Benford

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Schneider National Carriers, Inc.

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: January 5, 2022 Filed: January 10, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BENTON, KELLY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

In this employment discrimination case, Jessie Benford appeals following the district court’s1 denial of his motion for summary judgment and grant of summary

1 The Honorable Matthew T. Schelp, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. judgment in favor of his former employer. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the grant of summary judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. See Banks v. John Deere & Co., 829 F.3d 661, 665 (8th Cir. 2016) (reviewing grant of summary judgment de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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