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JAMES R. FOUTS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WARREN CITY COUNCIL; SONJA BUFFA; ANTHONY FORLINI; CITY OF WARREN ELECTION COMMISSION,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 23-1826
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:23-cv-11868—George Caram Steeh III, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: April 2, 2024
Before: CLAY, McKEAGUE, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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CLAY, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff James R. Fouts, the former mayor of Warren, Michigan, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint against Defendants Warren City Council, Warren City Election Commission, Anthony G. Forlini, in his capacity as the Macomb County Clerk, and Sonja D. Buffa, in her capacity as the Warren City Clerk. Fouts brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants violated his First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights by retroactively applying a new term-limit provision to bar him from running for a fifth term as Warren’s mayor. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal of Fouts’ complaint.



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FRANK MCKENNA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DILLON TRANSPORTATION, LLC,
Defendant-Appellee.
   No. 23-5568
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 3:22-cv-00129—Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: March 21, 2024
Decided and Filed: April 2, 2024
Before: GRIFFIN, THAPAR, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. HireRight, LLC is a consumer reporting agency that collects information about truck drivers and then provides that information to employers who are thinking about hiring those drivers. Defendant Dillon Transportation, LLC gave HireRight a report about one of its former drivers, Plaintiff Frank McKenna. McKenna later sued Dillon for defamation based on the report. On summary judgment, the district court found that the Fair Credit Reporting Act preempted McKenna’s claim. The court also refused to defer its ruling to let McKenna obtain additional discovery. McKenna appeals, but finding no error, we AFFIRM.