Onofre Serna v. The City of San Antonio Al Philippus’s Empirical Analysis

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16 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “officers were clamoring to get out of regular patrol assignments.” Id. at 485 . Thus, the totality of the circumstances in Serna did not support a finding that the transfer was the objective equivalent of a demotion. Although Click, Forsyth, Sharp, and Serna all involved claims of First Amendment retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , rather than claims of discrimination under Title VII, they are nevertheless relevant because the definition of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alvarado v. Texas Rangers

2. “all Serna's testimony established was that he felt stigmatized and injured by his transfer,” but this negative perception of the move was purely subjective and not shared by other officers. Id. at 484-85 . We further noted that unlike the officers in Click&nd Forsyth, Serna presented no evidence that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alvarado v. Texas Rangers

3. “the evidence at trial tended to show ... that the Downtown Foot and Bike Patrol Unit was more prestigious than other patrol units and that some officers preferred its tactics to those of other patrol units,” we nevertheless held that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alvarado v. Texas Rangers