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042809P.pdf   07/20/2005  Gary D. Wallace  v.  Sparks Health System
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2809
   Western District of Arkansas   
[PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Riley and Gruender, Circuit Judges] Civil case - employment discrimination. District court did not err in granting summary judgment for employer on claim plaintiff had suffered retaliation as a result of filing an EEOC complaint, as plaintiff failed to show a causal link between the complaint and his discharge during a RIF; even if plaintiff could establish a prima facie case of retaliation, he failed to show the stated legitimate and non-retaliatory reason for his discharge was a pretext for retaliatory motive.