Filed: Feb. 25, 2010
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 09-2267 _ Eddie R. Wyatt, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellee. * _ Submitted: February 23, 2010 Filed: February 25, 2010 _ Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. Eddie Wyatt appeals the District Court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his action alleging that J.B. Hunt Transport, I
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 09-2267 _ Eddie R. Wyatt, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Arkansas. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., * * [UNPUBLISHED] Appellee. * _ Submitted: February 23, 2010 Filed: February 25, 2010 _ Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. Eddie Wyatt appeals the District Court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his action alleging that J.B. Hunt Transport, In..
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 09-2267
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Eddie R. Wyatt, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., *
* [UNPUBLISHED]
Appellee. *
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Submitted: February 23, 2010
Filed: February 25, 2010
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Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Eddie Wyatt appeals the District Court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in his action alleging that J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., terminated him as a commercial
truck driver in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C.
§§ 12101–12213, and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, 49 C.F.R.
§ 382.121. After careful de novo review, we find no error in the district court’s grant
of summary judgment. Johnson v. Blaukat,
453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006)
(standard of review); 49 C.F.R. § 391.41(b)(13) ("A person is physically qualified to
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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
drive a commercial motor vehicle if that person . . . [h]as no current clinical diagnosis
of alcoholism."); Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
486 F.3d 480, 482 (8th Cir. 2007)
(noting that to make a prima facie case in a reasonable-accommodation claim under
the ADA, a plaintiff must show, inter alia, that he is a qualified individual); Williams
v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.,
527 F.3d 1135, 1137 (10th Cir. 2008) (noting that DOT
regulations requiring drug and alcohol testing for safety-sensitive positions in
transportation industries do not provide for a "private cause of action . . . to aggrieved
employees for a violation of the procedural protections"). Accordingly, we affirm.
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