ESTRADA v. CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR (MINNESOTA) INC.

No. 09-3005.

616 F.3d 866 (2010)

Laura ESTRADA, Appellant, v. CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR (MINNESOTA) INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Alan Greenman , argued, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Lindsay J. Zamzow , argued, Minneapolis, MN ( Norah E. Olson Bluvshtein and Teresa M. Thompson , on the brief), for Appellee.

Before BYE, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Cypress Semiconductor (Minnesota) Inc. ("Cypress") terminated Laura Estrada in April 2008 for poor attendance. Estrada contends that one of the absences was protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and that Cypress improperly counted that absence against her in assessing her attendance. The district court1 granted summary judgment to Cypress, and Estrada appealed. We affirm.

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