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Parties Involved:
City Utilities of Springfield
Not Party
City of Springfield
Appellee
Curtis Murphy
Appellant
Wayne Scheer
Not Party

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1285

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Curtis Murphy, *

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Plaintiff - Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * Western District of Missouri.

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City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., * [UNPUBLISHED] 

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Defendant, *

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City of Springfield, Mo., *

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Defendant - Appellee, *

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Wayne Scheer, Chairman of the Board *

of Public Utilities of Springfield, *

Missouri, in both his individual and *

official capacity, *

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Defendant. *

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Submitted: January 13, 2006

Filed: February 17, 2006 

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Before BYE, HEANEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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Appellate Case: 05-1285 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/17/2006 Entry ID: 2011099
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 The Honorable Richard E. Dorr, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

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PER CURIAM.

Curtis Murphy appeals the district court's1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

on each of his nineteen claims charging, inter alia, employment discrimination,

retaliation, breach of contract, promissory estoppel, unlawful termination, violation

of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1140, defamation, and

negligence. Murphy also appeals the district court's denial of his motion to amend

his complaint. 

Murphy sought to amend his complaint nearly eight months after the deadline

set by the district court for amending the pleadings and shortly before the close of

discovery. The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Murphy's motion

to amend his complaint which sought to add new parties and claims and was bereft

of reasons why the district court should allow the late amendment. See, e.g., Bell v.

Allstate Life Ins. Co., 160 F.3d 452, 454 (8th Cir. 1998).

After a de novo review of the record before the district court, we conclude

Murphy's claims are without merit. We affirm for the reasons given by the district

court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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Appellate Case: 05-1285 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/17/2006 Entry ID: 2011099