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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 8-938 / 08-0722 Filed December 31, 2008

APRIL THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert, Judge.

April Thomas appeals from a district court summary judgment ruling in favor of the State. AFFIRMED.

Alfredo Parrish and Tammy Westhoff Gentry of Parrish, Kruidenier, Dunn, Boles, Gribble, Parrish, Gentry & Fisher, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Barbara E.B. Galloway, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State.

Considered by Sackett, C.J., and Eisenhauer and Doyle, JJ.

2 DOYLE, J. April Thomas appeals from a district court summary judgment ruling in favor of the State. Thomas contends the district court erred because genuine issues of material fact exist concerning each of her claims. Upon our review, we affirm the judgment of the district court. I. Background Facts and Proceedings. Thomas, an African-American female, began employment with the State of Iowa through Iowa Workforce Development on October 30, 1998. Thomas was laid off on January 31, 2002, but returned to work with the State of Iowa as a mail clerk with the Iowa Child Support Collections Services Center (CSC) on October 4, 2002. Thomas continues to be in CSCs employ. CSC has a statutory mandate that it disburse payments it receives within two working days. Iowa Code

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