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Parties Involved:
Home Depot U.S.A.
Appellee
John Reed
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the

District of Minnesota. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1813

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John Reed, *

*

Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota.

Home Depot USA, Inc., a Delaware *

corporation, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: December 7, 2004

Filed: December 10, 2004

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Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BYE and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

John Reed appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment in

his Title VII employment-discrimination action against Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.

(Home Depot). Reed, an African American, alleged Home Depot failed to promote

him based on his race.

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The Honorable Arthur J. Boylan, United States Magistrate Judge for the

District of Minnesota. 

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Upon de novo review, we agree with the district court that Reed failed to

establish a prima facie failure-to-promote case. Among other things, he adduced no

evidence that he had registered his interest for the promotions at issue in the

computer-based Job Performance Program, as was required to be considered for those

promotions. See Younts v. Fremont County, Iowa., 370 F.3d 748, 754 (8th Cir. 2004)

(elements of prima facie case of failure to promote); Wheeler v. Aventis Pharm., 360

F.3d 853, 857 (8th Cir. 2004) (standard of review). Also, we reject Reed’s

suggestions on appeal concerning judicial bias. Finally, we decline to consider

Reed’s challenge to a magistrate judge’s2

 denial of leave to amend to add new claims.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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