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STEPHEN J. STANLEY, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FCA US, LLC,
Defendant-Appellee.
   No. 21-4238
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Toledo.
No. 3:19-cv-00640—James R. Knepp II, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 18, 2022
Before: McKEAGUE, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. Stephen J. Stanley, Jr. filed two lawsuits which together give rise to the issues before us: first, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy lawsuit and second, a civil lawsuit alleging that his former employer, FCA US, violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Stanley failed to disclose the civil lawsuit in his bankruptcy petition. And as a result of that omission, the district court never reached the merits of Stanley’s FMLA claim. Instead, the district court granted summary judgment for FCA US on judicial estoppel grounds. Stanley contends that was a mistake because he had no motive to omit this employment suit as his bankruptcy plan did not provide for a discharge of his debts. Because we find he did have motive to conceal the claim, we affirm the district court opinion.