Kelly v. Omaha Housing Authority, et al., No. 12-2671 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against the OHA after she was terminated. At issue on appeal was whether plaintiff's appeal must be dismissed for failure to order the necessary portions of a trial transcript. Plaintiff ordered the portion of the trial transcript that contained her testimony and the remaining portions of the transcript were not transcribed and were not available. The court could not properly review the issues in the case based on the record plaintiff provided and, therefore, the court did not address the merits of plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation claim. Accordingly, the court granted the OHA's motion to dismiss plaintiff's appeal based on Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(b).
Court Description: Civil case - Appellate Procedure. Where the plaintiff failed to order the portions of the trial transcript necessary for the court to conduct a meaningful review of the district court's findings, engage in the intense factual inquiry required to analyze plaintiff's retaliation claim, review the record de novo or consider all of the evidence in the record, the case must be dismissed for failure to comply with FRAP 10(b).
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