United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-1818

Anthony Ukofia, Appellant, Appeal from the United States

v. District Court for the

District of Minnesota.

American Financial Printing, Inc., [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee.

Submitted: April 4, 2006

Filed: April 7, 2006

Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Anthony Ukofia appeals the district court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his employment-discrimination suit against American Financial Printing, Inc. (AFPI). After de novo review, we conclude that AFPI offered a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for terminating Ukofia's employment--poor job performance--and Ukofia failed to create a trialworthy issue of fact on whether that reason was a pretext for race discrimination. See Kincaid v. City of Omaha, 378 F.3d 799, 803-04 (8th Cir. 2004) (de novo standard of review); Wheeler v. Aventis Pharms., 360 F.3d 853, 858 (8th Cir. 2004) (burden-shifting analysis).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

1 The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.