United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 21-3720 ___________________________

Pradheep Chhalliyil

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Foodchain ID Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business in Iowa; Heather Secrist, individually and in her corporate capacities

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central ____________

Submitted: July 22, 2022 Filed: July 29, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, MELLOY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Pradheep Chhalliyil appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his removed employment discrimination action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the grant of summary judgment was proper. See Banks v. John Deere & Co., 829 F.3d 661, 665 (8th Cir. 2016) (grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.

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