United States Court of Appeals
                           FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 02-2997
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Ella Mae Neal,                        *
                                      *
           Appellant,                 *
                                      * Appeal from the United States
     v.                               * District Court for the
                                      * Eastern District of Missouri.
Western Union Financial Services,     *     [UNPUBLISHED]
                                      *
           Appellee.                  *
                                 ___________

                         Submitted: January 6, 2003

                              Filed: January 10, 2003
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Before WOLLMAN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and MELLOY, Circuit
      Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Ella Mae Neal, an African American, appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant
of summary judgment in her employment-discrimination action. Upon de novo
review of the record, we agree with the district court’s bases for granting summary
judgment to Western Union Financial Services. See Habib v. NationsBank, 

, 566 (8th Cir. 2001) (standard of review; elements of prima facie case of race


      1
       The Honorable Carol E. Jackson, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Missouri.
discrimination); Helfter v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 

, 615-16 (8th Cir.
1997) (summary judgment is proper in employment-discrimination lawsuit when
plaintiff fails to establish factual dispute on essential element of her case).

      Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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