HURD v. CARDINAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (2020)

John Millard Hurd brought this action against Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation (“Cardinal”), asserting that Cardinal subjected Hurd to prohibited medical examinations and disability-related inquiries (“medical inquiry claim”), and then unlawfully refused to hire him to fill a motor carrier operator position (“failure-to-hire claim”), in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213. The district court granted Hurd summary judgment on the medical inquiry claim and granted Cardinal summary judgment on the failure-to-hire claim, and the parties filed motions for attorney's fees and costs. The district court denied Cardinal's motion for fees and costs and granted in part and denied in part Hurd's motion.

We have reviewed the record and have considered the parties’ arguments and find no reversible error. See Jones v. Southpeak Interactive Corp. of Del., 777 F.3d 658, 675 (4th Cir. 2015) (recognizing that this court will only reverse an attorney's fees “award if the district court is clearly wrong or has committed an error of law” because “we recognize that our review of the record, no matter how careful, cannot substitute for the district court's close and intimate knowledge of the efforts expended and the value of the services rendered” (internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Hurd v. Cardinal Logistics Mgmt. Corp., No. 7:17-cv-00319-EKD-RSB, 2019 WL 6718111 (W.D. Va. Dec. 10, 2019). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.