Plaintiff-Appellant Guy Walker, Jr. appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granting Defendant>-Ap-pellee Allen Iverson’s motion for summary judgment on the state tort claims for assault and battery, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotion distress, and negligent supervision against him. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Walker’s claims against Iverson arise out of an April 11, 2009 brawl in a Detroit nightclub that was allegedly instigated by a member of Iverson’s entourage, Ant-wuan Clisby. Tensions between Iverson’s party and Walker’s party had been running high all evening, and, after a verbal confrontation, Clisby allegedly “sucker punched” Walker causing a serious eye injury. Although Iverson was not personally involved in the fight, Walker alleged that Iverson was vicariously liable for Clis-by’s actions under the theory that Clisby acted as Iverson’s agent during the confrontation and resulting altercation. Walker also alleged that Iverson and Clis-by conspired to assault him and that Iver-son was liable for negligent supervision of Clisby. Walker adduced scant evidence to support Iverson’s liability for his injuries. Walker submitted affidavits from witnesses who stated that shortly before Clis-by confronted Walker, Iverson had a whispered conversation with Clisby and then pointed in Walker’s direction. Additionally, Walker testified that Clisby admitted that Iverson had sent him over to see if there was a problem.

The district court granted Iverson’s motion for summary judgment on each of Walker’s claims. As to his agency-based intentional tort claims, the district court found no evidence that Iverson and Clisby agreed to assault Walker or that Iverson directed Clisby to do so. Additionally, citing Brown v. Brown, 478 Mich. 545, 739 N.W.2d 313 (2007), the district court ruled that Iverson could not be vicariously liable as dishy’s principal because Walker did not submit evidence showing that Iverson knew that Clisby had a propensity to commit assault and battery. The district court next determined that the evidence of the whispered conversation between Iverson and Clisby was insufficient to support a reasonable inference that they conspired to assault Walker. Finally, as to Walker’s negligent supervision claim, the district court found that Iverson was entitled to summary judgment because there was no evidence that Clisby was present at the nightclub in any capacity other than as Iverson’s guest.

Walker filed a timely notice of appeal from the district court’s judgment. Walker argues on appeal that in granting Iver-son’s motion for summary judgment, the district court failed to give him the benefit of all reasonable inferences from the evidence and that its agency analysis was erroneous. We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Limited Corp., 951 F.2d 110, 112 (6th Cir. 1991). 1 *396 After carefully considering the record on appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, we find no error in the district court’s judgment. Because the reasoning that supports the judgment for Iverson was clearly and persuasively articulated by the district court, the issuance of a detailed written opinion by us would be unduly duplicative. The judgment rendered by the Honorable Nancy G. Ed-munds, on November 15, 2011, is accordingly AFFIRMED on the basis of the reasoning contained in that opinion.