Amua-Sekyi v. Raiford ( 1998 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________ No. 97-20673 Summary Calendar _______________ KOFI AMUA-SEKYI, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS BURTON RAIFORD, Commissioner of Texas Department of Human Services, and MAMIE EWING, Regional Administrator of Region 6 of Texas Department of Human Services, Defendants-Appellees. _________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (H-95-CV-1567) _________________________ January 29, 1998 Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The plaintiff, Kofi Amua-Sekyi, sued officials of the defendant state agency, the Texas Department of Human Services, * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. under title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, claiming he was unlawfully denied employment after having applied several times. The matter was submitted by consent to a magistrate judge, who granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. On appeal, Amua-Sekyi pursues only his age discrimination claim. We affirm, essentially for the reasons given by the magistrate in her comprehensive and convincing twenty-three-page Memorandum and Order Granting Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment entered on July 16, 1997. AFFIRMED. 2