Roberts v. Medical Center Hosp ( 1998 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-50774
Summary Calendar
TIA ROBERTS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. MO-97-CV-6
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April 8, 1998
Before WIENER, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Tia Roberts filed this appeal from the district court’s
grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer,
Medical Center Hospital. Roberts brought this action against her
former employer challenging her termination for excessive
absences and “related issues”. She claims that her termination
violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) because her
absences from work were necessitated by a serious health
condition.
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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
No. 97-50774
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Roberts argues that the district court erred when it
determined that she failed to provide her employer with adequate
notice that she suffered from a serious health condition. She
further argues that the district court erred in considering
reasons unrelated to her health condition as an alternate
justification for her termination.
Roberts’s failure to comply with her former employer’s
numerous requests to provide certification of her illness from
her physician convinces us that summary judgment was not
erroneous in this case. See 29 U.S.C. § 2613(a); see also 29
C.F.R. § 825.208(a)(1).
AFFIRMED.