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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS May 21, 2007 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 06-60504 SONJA SENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CINGULAR WIRELESS, LLC, and RENEE HUGHES, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (USDC No. 1:05-CV-00100) _ Before REAVLEY, GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Plaintiff-appellant Sonja Senter (“Senter”) ap
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS May 21, 2007 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 06-60504 SONJA SENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CINGULAR WIRELESS, LLC, and RENEE HUGHES, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (USDC No. 1:05-CV-00100) _ Before REAVLEY, GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Plaintiff-appellant Sonja Senter (“Senter”) app..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
May 21, 2007
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 06-60504
SONJA SENTER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
CINGULAR WIRELESS, LLC, and RENEE HUGHES,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Mississippi
(USDC No. 1:05-CV-00100)
________________________________________________________
Before REAVLEY, GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Plaintiff-appellant Sonja Senter (“Senter”) appeals the district court’s denial of her
motion to remand and the dismissal of her suit. We review de novo and affirm for the
following reasons:
1. Senter has no viable cause of action against defendant-appellee Renee
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should
not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in
5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
Hughes (“Hughes”). Hughes merely recommended Senter’s discharge,
which is no tort.
2. In her complaint, Senter neither alleged malicious interference with contract
nor raised facts that would support such an allegation, and thus the district
court properly disregarded Senter’s argument on this issue.
3. Finally, Senter does not state a McArn claim against defendant-appellee
Cingular Wireless, LLC. In McArn, the Mississippi Supreme Court created
a “narrow” public policy exception to the employment at will doctrine,
holding that employers may not terminate their employees for (1) refusing
to participate in an illegal act; or (2) “reporting illegal acts of his employer
to the employer or anyone else. . . .” McArn v. Allied Bruce-Terminix Co.,
Inc.,
626 So. 2d 603, 607 (Miss. 1993). The McArn exception applies only
when employees report the illegal acts of the employer. See, e.g., id.;
Willard v. Paracelcus Health Care Corp.,
681 So. 2d 539, 542 (Miss.
1996). Because Senter does not allege that she was discharged for
reporting the illegal acts of her employer, her claim fails.
AFFIRMED.
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