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Parties Involved:
Mike Bishop
Appellee
GKN Aerospace North America
Appellee
John Mink
Appellee
Mark B. Price
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-4036

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Mark B. Price, *

*

Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Missouri.

GKN Aerospace North America, *

Inc.; John Mink; Mike Bishop, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellees. *

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Submitted: November 14, 2007

Filed: December 4, 2007

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Mark B. Price appeals the district court’s1

 adverse grant of summary judgment

in his lawsuit brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Having

conducted de novo review of the record and having considered Price’s arguments for

reversal, see Hanger v. Lake County, 390 F.3d 579, 582 (8th Cir. 2004) (standard of

review), we agree with the district court that defendants’ actions did not amount to

willful FMLA violations, and that Price’s lawsuit was time-barred because the twoAppellate Case: 06-4036 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/04/2007 Entry ID: 3378512
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year limitations period applied, see 29 U.S.C. § 2617(c) (action may be brought no

later than two years after date of last event constituting alleged FMLA violation,

unless violation is willful, in which case limitations period is extended to three years).

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

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Appellate Case: 06-4036 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/04/2007 Entry ID: 3378512