Oubre v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
July 24, 2006
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Charles R. Fulbruge III
_____________________ Clerk
No. 05-31045
Summary Calendar
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TANDRA OUBRE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of Louisiana
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Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Plaintiff-Appellant Tandra Oubre appeals the district
court’s ruling granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on her Title VII
employment discrimination claims. Despite multiple claims
asserted by Appellants and multiple theories supporting
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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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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.
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Appellee’s motion for summary judgment, the district court’s
ruling was predicated only on “the written reasons to be filed at
a later date.” The record, however, does not reveal the
subsequent entry of any written reasons supporting the ruling.
“When we have no notion of the basis for a district court’s
decision, because its reasoning is vague or simply left unsaid,
there is little opportunity for effective review. In such cases,
we have not hesitated to remand the case for an illumination of
the court’s analysis through some formal or informal statement of
reasons.” McIncrow v. Harris County, 878 F.2d 835 (5th Cir. 1989)
(quoting Myers v. Gulf Oil Corp., 731 F.2d 281, 284 (5th Cir.
1984)). Therefore, we vacate the district court’s judgment and
remand this case to the district court to permit the district
court to give reasons for its decision and to enter final
judgment.
VACATED and REMANDED.
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