                    United States Court of Appeals
                          FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                  No. 09-2598
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Richard Belk,                        *
                                     *
            Appellant,               *
                                     * Appeal from the United States
      v.                             * District Court for the
                                     * Western District of Missouri.
Missouri Highways and Transportation *
Commission; James M. Murawski;       *     [UNPUBLISHED]
Richard G. Busse; Denis Bigley;      *
Ed Hassinger; Ron Hopkins,           *
                                     *
            Appellees.               *
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                            Submitted: September 28, 2011
                               Filed: October 4, 2011
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Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Richard Belk appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in his employment discrimination action. After careful de novo review, see Johnson
v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006), we agree that summary judgment



      1
       The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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