Bobby L. Cantrell v. Daca Specialty Services

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In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 21-14029
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BOBBY L. CANTRELL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
DACA SPECIALTY SERVICES,
an ASRC Industrial Services Company,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
D.C. Docket No. 4:18-cv-00271-TCB
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2 Opinion of the Court 21-14029
Before J ILL PRYOR , GRANT, and H ULL , Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Bobby Cantrell appeals the jury verdict in favor of his former
employer, Daca Specialty Services (“DACA”), on his age
discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621–634. On appeal, Cantrell argues that:
(1) the district court abused its discretion in excluding three items
of his proffered evidence of age discrimination; (2) the jury
instructions were erroneous; and (3) the district court judge erred
by failing to recuse himself.
After review, and with the benefit of oral argument, we
conclude that Cantrell abandoned his evidentiary challenges by
failing to properly raise these issues in his initial appellate brief.
See
Sapuppo v. Allstate Floridian Ins. Co., 739 F.3d 678, 681 (11th Cir.
2014) (“We have long held that an appellant abandons a claim
when he either makes only passing references to it or raises it in a
perfunctory manner without supporting arguments and
authority.”). Cantrell also has not shown any reversible error in
the district court’s jury instructions or the district court judge’s
decision not to
sua sponte recuse himself. Accordingly, we affirm
the jury verdict. We also deny DACA’s motion for sanctions
against Cantrell.
AFFIRMED.
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