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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-13632

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:12-cv-01299-ODE

JONATHAN BRUCE COLLINS, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

 versus

FULTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

 Defendant-Appellee,

NICK CASSIDY, et al.,

 Defendants.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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(May 15, 2015)

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Before HULL, ROSENBAUM, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

Jonathan Collins, a former teacher, appeals the district court’s grant of 

defendant Fulton County School District’s motion for summary judgment and 

denial of his motion for reconsideration as to his complaint alleging wrongful 

termination. Pertinent to this appeal, Collins raised termination claims under the 

Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C § 623, and the Americans With 

Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a). On appeal, Collins argues the merits of the 

disposition of the underlying summary judgment claim, as well as the timeliness of 

his motion for reconsideration. 

As we previously ordered, prior to the parties’ filing of briefs in this case, 

we limited Collins’s appeal to his motion for reconsideration because he failed to 

file a timely appeal as to the district court’s denial of his underlying motion for 

summary judgment. However, Collins does not argue in his brief that the district 

court abused its discretion1 in denying the motion for reconsideration, so Collins 

has abandoned the only outstanding issue on appeal. See Timson v. Sampson, 518 

F.3d 870, 874 (11th Cir. 2008) (“While we read briefs filed by pro se litigants 

liberally, . . . issues not briefed on appeal by a pro se litigant are deemed 

abandoned . . . .”). Moreover, even if we addressed the limited issue on appeal –

 1 We review a district court’s ruling on a motion for reconsideration for an abuse of 

discretion. Richardson v. Johnson, 598 F.3d 734, 740 (11th Cir. 2010).

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whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Collins’ motion for 

reconsideration – we would not conclude that there was an abuse of discretion.

AFFIRMED.

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