                     United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 10-3453
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Valerie E. Hinton,                    *
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             Appellant,               *
                                      * Appeal from the United States
       v.                             * District Court for the
                                      * Eastern District of Missouri.
Robert Gates, Secretary Department of *
Defense, National Geo-Spacial         * [UNPUBLISHED]
Intelligence Agency,                  *
                                      *
             Appellee.                *
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                              Submitted: June 3, 2011
                                 Filed: June 8, 2011
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Before MELLOY, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Valerie Hinton appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in her employment-discrimination action. After careful de novo review, see Johnson
v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006), this court affirms on the basis of the
district court’s well reasoned opinion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
        The Honorable Henry E. Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
