Opinion ID: 170435
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Heading: Waiver of Federal Forum

Text: Finally, Pennington claims the NG DRP is unenforceable because she did not knowingly and voluntarily agree to waive a federal forum for her statutory claims. Northrop Grumman contends Pennington waived this argument by not raising it in opposition to its motion for summary judgment. Without citing to the record, Pennington claims her counsel “asked for an evidentiary hearing on this point and was not granted one.” (Appellant’s Opening Br. at 3-20.) While her counsel did indeed make this argument in opposition to Northrop Grumman’s motion to dismiss, he did not make it in opposition to Northrop Grumman’s motion for summary judgment. Because the magistrate judge was not called upon to determine this issue, we will not consider it. See Singleton, 428 U.S. at 120; Lyons, 994 F.2d at 721. -15- We DENY Pennington’s motion to expand the record and AFFIRM the grant of summary judgment to Northrop Grumman. ENTERED FOR THE COURT Terrence L. O’Brien