Darnetta Tyus v. City of College Park, Georgia

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: January 20, 2026
• Docket: 25-13899
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-13899 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

DARNETTA TYUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, DARNETTA TYUS, Plaintiff, versus

CITY OF COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 1:23-cv-01733-SDG ____________________

Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR, and GRANT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: USCA11 Case: 25-13899 Document: 12-1 Date Filed: 01/20/2026 Page: 2 of 3

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Darnetta Tyus appeals the district court’s September 30, 2025, order granting partial summary judgment in favor of the City of College Park, Georgia (the “City”). Tyus and Sharis McCrary filed a joint complaint against the City, asserting statutory claims of gender-based employment discrimination and retaliation, as well as Equal Protection Clause violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted the City’s motion for summary judg- ment as to Tyus’s claims and part of one of McCrary’s claims. McCrary’s claims remain pending before the district court. We lack jurisdiction over Tyus’s appeal because the Septem- ber 30 order is not final and appealable, as it did not end the litiga- tion on the merits—McCrary’s claims remain pending—and the district court did not certify it for immediate review. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 1292(b); CSX Transp., Inc. v. City of Garden City, 235 F.3d 1325, 1327 (11th Cir. 2000); Supreme Fuels Trading FZE v. Sargeant, 689 F.3d 1244, 1246 (11th Cir. 2012) (noting that an order that dis- poses of fewer than all claims against all parties is not immediately appealable absent certification pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)). Further, the partial summary judgment order is not appealable now under the collateral order doctrine because it did not resolve an issue completely separate from the merits and is effectively re- viewable on appeal from the final judgment. See Plaintiff A v. Schair, 744 F.3d 1247, 1253 (11th Cir. 2014) (explaining that an order that does not conclude the litigation may be appealed under the collat- eral order doctrine if it, among other things, resolves an issue com- pletely separate from the merits and is effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment). USCA11 Case: 25-13899 Document: 12-1 Date Filed: 01/20/2026 Page: 3 of 3

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Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdiction.