052202P.pdf   08/22/2006  Stephen Jones  v.  United Parcel
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-2202
                          and No:  05-3215
                          and No:  05-2205
   Western District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Heaney and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - employment discrimination/hybrid breach of duty of fair
   representation. District court did not abuse its discretion in disregarding
   480-page filing in response to summary judgment motion as a sanction
   for violating local rule. Evidence supports employer's legitimate,
   nondiscriminatory justification of termination of employees and grant 
   of summary judgment to employer on age, race, hostile-work environment
   claims are affirmed. State law whistleblower retaliation claim fails
   because employee did not provide evidence that record-keeping
   irregularities amounted to violations of public health and safety. 
   Employees failed to prove sufficient evidence that union breached its
   duties of fair representation, and thus court need not reach issue of
   violation of collective bargaining agreement. Judge Heaney dissents 
   in part.