Jay Abraham v. Drivers Management, LLC

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: James B. Loken, Kermit E. Bye and Steven M. Colloton (UNPUBLISHED) [4141184] [13-2571]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 13-2571
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Jay Abraham
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Drivers Management, LLC
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Submitted: March 7, 2014
Filed: April 7, 2014
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
After Drivers Management, LLC (Drivers), terminated the employment of one
of its truck drivers, Jay Abraham, he brought a lawsuit under Title VII and Nebraska
law claiming, as relevant to this appeal, that Drivers terminated him on the basis of his

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national origin. The district court1 granted summary judgment to Drivers, and
Abraham appeals. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that a jury would be
unable to find, based on the evidence in the summary judgment record, that Drivers’
reasons for terminating Abraham were a pretext for national-origin discrimination.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.
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