Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his employment-discrimination action for failure to prosecute. Where the record supported finding a lack of prosecution by plaintiff, the district court did not abuse its discretion to sua sponte dismiss plaintiff’s complaint. Judgment is affirmed. ...

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Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of her employment-discrimination case. The district court had dismissed some of plaintiff’s claims under 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and later dismissed the remaining claims under Rule 12(b)(6). Where the record supported dismissal of plaintiff’s claims, the ...

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A federal judge has thrown out former KSHB-TV 41 reporter Demetrice “Dee” Jackson’s claim that he was discriminated against by being denied a promotion, but the judge allowed Jackson’s other discrimination and retaliation claims to proceed to trial. In a ...

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Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his employment-discrimination claim with prejudice, which the district court ordered as a sanction for plaintiff’s failure to obey a discovery order. Where plaintiff was advised by opposing counsel that depositions would end by 5 p.m. ...

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Where a plaintiff, who sued her railroad company employer for disability discrimination and retaliation, challenged the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, the district court properly found that the plaintiff was not qualified for her dispatcher job because she ...

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Missouri’s attorney general believes that federal law doesn’t protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. Attorney General Eric Schmitt was among GOP attorneys general nationwide who signed a U.S. Supreme Court brief outlining the position Friday. The attorneys general are wading into a legal battle over ...

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Missouri’s attorney general believes that federal law doesn’t protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. Attorney General Eric Schmitt was among GOP attorneys general nationwide who signed a U.S. Supreme Court brief outlining the position Friday. The attorneys general are wading into a legal battle over ...

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Plaintiff sued defendant, her employer, for employment discrimination following her termination, after defendant laid off plaintiff pursuant to a company restructuring. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant, after denying plaintiff’s motion to strike an email attached to defendant’s ...

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Plaintiff filed suit against defendants, her former employer and several of its executives, alleging retaliation, discrimination and hostile work environment. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants. Where the record reflected that several individual defendants were not decision-makers and ...

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Plaintiff appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant. On appeal, plaintiff argued that defendant willfully violated the automatic stay and committed discrimination under 11 U.S.C. §525(a). Where a municipality took no action on an arrest warrant taken ...

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Facebook says it will make advertisements for jobs, loans and credit card offers searchable for all U.S. users following a legal settlement designed to eliminate discrimination on its platform. The plan disclosed in an internal report Sunday voluntarily expands on a commitment ...

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