PROUD v. STONE

No. 90-2443.

945 F.2d 796 (1991)

Warren A. PROUD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P.W. STONE, Secretary of the Army, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Jeffrey Kator, Kator, Scott & Heller, Washington, D.C., argued (Irving Kator, Jennifer R. Levin, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Coleman Ray Sachs, Sp. Asst., U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., argued (Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., Dennis Szybala, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the recurrent situation in which a former employee alleges that the same individual who hired him discharged him only several months later for discriminatory reasons. Because the plaintiff has failed to overcome the significant burden that such a plaintiff faces in making out a claim of discriminatory discharge, we affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing the action.

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