Ceolia Witt v. World Travel, (8th Cir. 2004)
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1560
Ceolia Witt, Appellant, v. World Travel Partners I, LLC; BTIA Americas, Inc. and Affiliated and Related Entities, Appellees.
Submitted: January 6, 2004
Filed: January 22, 2004
Before RILEY, McMILLIAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Ceolia Witt appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Western District of Missouri following the district courtÂ’s partial adverse grant of summary judgment, and the courtÂ’s subsequent judgment for defendants after a bench trial, in WittÂ’s employment discrimination suit against her former employer.
For reversal, Witt notes that she lacks counsel and argues that she should receive severance pay. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
Although we decline appelleesÂ’ invitation to dismiss this appeal based on WittÂ’s noncompliance with Fed. R. App. P. 28(a), we address only the matters raised in WittÂ’s brief. See Jasperson v. Purolator Courier Corp., 765 F.2d 736, 740 (8th Cir. 1985) (failure to raise or discuss issue in brief is deemed abandonment of issue). According to the deposition testimony in the record, Witt declined severance pay and we are unable to discern without a trial transcript what additional evidence, if any, was adduced at trial as to severance pay or the lack of it. See Schmid v. United Bhd. of Carpenters, 827 F.2d 384, 386 (8th Cir. 1987) (per curiam) (appellantÂ’s failure to provide complete transcript makes it impossible to review evidence presented at trial), cert. denied,
Further, WittÂ’s lack of counsel is not a basis for reversal.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
Appeal from the United States
District Court for the
Western District of Missouri
[UNPUBLISHED]
[1] The Honorable Howard F. Sachs, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
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- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - Linda Jasperson, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Purolator Courier Corp., Appellee/Cross-Appellant., 765 F.2d 736 (8th Cir. 1985)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - Robert Schmid, Appellant, v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Patrick J. Campbell, General President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local No. 606 and Stanley L. Bronczyk, Business Representative, Appellees., 827 F.2d 384 (8th Cir. 1987)
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