Parrelli-Ball v. Dept of Treasury

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Tina M. Parrelli-Ball was an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, a division of the Treasury Department. Ms. Parrelli-Ball retired in 1989 and began receiving disability benefits for an anxiety condition. In 1990 she settled a previously filed discrimination claim against the IRS and received $11,000, but also agreed to never again seek employment with the IRS. In 2004 she pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of making a false statement on a compensation form, and the federal court sentenced her to home detention and probation, ordered her to pay restitution and a fine, and terminated her disability benefits.

Thereafter, she filed renewed discrimination and retaliation charges against the IRS and when the charges were dismissed by the Treasury Department and then the EEOC, she filed a civil complaint in federal district court. The defendant Treasury Department moved for summary judgment and Ms. Parrelli-Ball responded by moving for a continuance pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f). The district court denied her motion and granted summary judgment to the Treasury Department. Ms. Parrelli-Ball appealed, arguing that she was entitled to a Rule 56(f) continuance and for that reason the grant of summary judgment was improper.

After carefully reviewing the record, the law, and the parties’ briefs, we conclude that the district court’s opinion correctly sets out the applicable law and correctly applies that law to the facts contained in the record. The issuance of a full written opinion by this court would serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the district court’s opinion, we AFFIRM.