F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
OCT 21 1998
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
KIM FAYE DOUGLASS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. No. 97-3366
(D.C. No. 96-CV-2306-JWL)
GENERAL MOTORS (D. Kan.)
CORPORATION, Kansas City, Kansas
plant; Fort Wayne, Indiana plant,
Defendant-Appellee.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before BRORBY, McKAY, and BRISCOE , Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously to grant the parties’ request for a decision on the briefs without oral
argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore
ordered submitted without oral argument.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
Plaintiff Kim Faye Douglass appeals from the district court’s grant of
summary judgment in favor of defendant General Motors Corporation on her
claims of disability discrimination and retaliation. We exercise jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291, and affirm.
Plaintiff argues on appeal that the district court erred by: (1) failing to
consider all of her arguments, failing to consider all of her medical restrictions,
and failing to employ the proper frame of reference when determining that her
restrictions do not substantially limit her in a major life activity; (2) finding that
she is not disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act; and (3) finding that
she failed to show a causal connection between her action of filing equal
employment opportunity complaints against defendant while she was working for
defendant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and defendant’s later adverse employment
action while she was employed by defendant in Kansas City, Kansas.
We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. See
Kaul v. Stephen , 83 F.3d 1208, 1212 (10th Cir. 1996). We have carefully
reviewed the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal. We find no error, and
affirm for substantially the same reasons stated in the district court’s thorough
and sound order dated October 30, 1997.
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Plaintiff has moved to supplement the record on appeal. Out of twenty-five
pages of material, however, she admits that only four were presented to the
district court. Evidence not presented to the district court in opposition to a
motion for summary judgment is generally not considered on appeal because Fed.
R. Civ. P. 56(e) requires the nonmoving party to go beyond her pleadings and
produce relevant evidence in specified form to show that there is a genuine issue
for trial. See Allen v. Minnstar , 8 F.3d 1470, 1474-76 (10th Cir. 1993) (citing
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett , 477 U.S. 317, 323-25 (1986)). Defendant opposes
plaintiff’s motion, and she offers no reason why she could not and did not present
her evidence to the district court. Plaintiff’s motion to supplement the record on
appeal is therefore denied.
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED
Entered for the Court
Wade Brorby
Circuit Judge
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