Case: 12-30498 Document: 00512057706 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/19/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
November 19, 2012
No. 12-30498 Lyle W. Cayce
Summary Calendar Clerk
CALVIN J. PARKER,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, L.L.C.,
Defendant-Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
USDC No. 2:11-CV-1238
Before WIENER, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Plaintiff-Appellant Calvin J. Parker appeals the district court’s dismissal
of his employment discrimination case against Defendant-Appellee Turner
Industries Group, L.L.C. (“Turner”) on the ground of judicial estoppel.
Specifically, Parker failed to inform the bankruptcy court in which he and his
wife had filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition three weeks before his
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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employment termination that he subsequently filed the instant employment
discrimination lawsuit grounded in racial discrimination.
In a lengthy, well-reasoned Order and Reasons, the district court
explained its grant of Turner’s motion for summary judgment and dismissal of
Parker’s suit. Our review of the record on appeal, including the briefs of the
parties and the applicable law as explicated therein and by the district court in
its Order and Reasons, satisfies us that the district court’s judgment of dismissal
should be, and therefore is,
AFFIRMED.
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