Opinion
No. 09-60395 Summary Calendar.
January 11, 2010.
Michael Farrell, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Bethany Brantley Johnson, Ashley Eley Cannady, Ogletree Deakins, Ridgeland, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, USDC No. 3:08-CV-288.
Before REAVLEY, DAVIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
The issues appellant raises do not reach the controlling disposition of this case. That is whether plaintiff-appellant presented any evidence, direct or circumstantial, that his discharge was motivated by racial discrimination on the part of the defendant. The district judge correctly ruled that whether the defendant discharged the plaintiff for using what could be a racial slur, of itself, was not evidence of defendant's discrimination.
AFFIRMED.