Opinion
No. 08-20001, Summary Calendar.
June 4, 2008.
Ali Waris, Newton Square, PA, pro se.
Bruce S. Powers, Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston, USDC No. 4:06-CV-1331.
Before STEWART, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Ali Waris's employment was terminated seven weeks after he was hired as a clinic manager for Harris County. The decision to terminate Waris's employment was based on numerous complaints about his attitude, verbal attacks, and unprofessional conduct after previous reprimands, including sending an improper email to his subordinates and supervisors about a member of the United States Congress who sponsored a public immunization event through the clinic.
Waris, acting pro se, filed suit alleging discrimination based on race and national origin and violation of constitutional rights. The district court adopted the findings and recommendation of a magistrate judge and granted summary judgment for the Defendants. We agree with the district court that Waris failed to demonstrate a prima facie case of race or national origin discrimination in that no evidence of disparate treatment was advanced. Waris also failed to adequately state any claim for violation of constitutional rights. Finding that there was no jurisdiction once the Defendants were granted summary judgment, the district court properly refused to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims. 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3).
For the reasons adopted by the district court, the judgment is AFFIRMED.