                      United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                     No. 08-1248
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Jason W. Klein,                           *
                                          *
             Appellant,                   *
                                          * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                  * District Court for the
                                          * District of Nebraska.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber                *
Company, an Ohio Corporation,             * [UNPUBLISHED]
                                          *
             Appellee.                    *
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                               Submitted: February 18, 2009
                                  Filed: February 24, 2009
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Before BYE, COLLOTON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Jason Klein appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in
his wrongful-termination action. After reviewing the record de novo, see Roemmich
v. Eagle Eye Dev., LLC, 526 F.3d 343, 348 (8th Cir. 2008) (de novo review of district
court’s interpretation of state law); Trinity Products, Inc. v. Burgess Steel, L.L.C., 486
F.3d 325, 330 (8th Cir. 2007) (de novo review of district court’s grant of summary
judgment), we conclude that summary judgment was proper for the reasons stated by


      1
      The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.
the district court. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.
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