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Parties Involved:
Colson Caster Corporation
Appellee
Judy A. Moody
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas.

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Moody has not appealed the summary judgment granted to Colson on her

claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2879

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Judy A. Moody, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * Eastern District of Arkansas.

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Colson Caster Corporation, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: February 13, 2006

Filed: March 31, 2006

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Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Judy Moody appeals from the decision of the District Court1

 granting summary

judgment to Colson Castor Corporation and denying partial summary judgment to

Moody on Moody's claim for relief under the Family and Medical Leave Act

(FMLA).2

 Moody was discharged from her employment with Colson in January 2003

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for excessive absenteeism. Moody contends that two of her absences qualified as

FMLA leave. If those absences had been so treated, she would not have been

terminated. The District Court determined from undisputed facts that Moody

expressly declined FMLA leave for the first absence and that she did not give the

required notice of the need for FMLA leave for the second absence. Upon de novo

review, we see no genuine issue of material fact and agree that Colson is entitled to

judgment as a matter of law. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c).

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.

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