Mullins v. Hallmark Data Systems, LLC’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “However, credibility involves more than demeanor. Thompson v. Keohane, 516 U.S. 99, 111 , 116 S.Ct. 457 , 133 L.Ed.2d 383 (1995); Indiana Metal Products v. NLRB, 442 F.2d 46 (7th Cir.1971). Most important is the witness's testimony, which "is not a discrete, self-contained unit of evidence examined and weighed without context; it is a part of the body of evidence which is intertwined and considered in its totality.' " Ayi v. Gonzales, 460 F.3d 876, 881 (7th Cir.2006). The implausibility of testimony, the shifting and vacillating explanations for conduct, the inconsistencies between testimony and objective evidence, and the internal inconsistencies within testimony may be so great that no reasonable fact-finder would credit it. See United States v. Bradford, 499 F.3d 910, 920-21 (8th Cir.2007); Pinpoint, Inc. v. Amazon.Com, Inc., 347 F.Supp.2d 579, 583 (N.D.Ill.2004) (Posner, J.)(sitting by designation). Cf. NLRB v. Dorothy Shamrock Coal Co., 833 F.2d 1263, 1268 (7th Cir.1987); Miller-El v. Dretke, 545 U.S. 231, 237 , 125 S.Ct. 2317 , 162 L.Ed.2d 196 (2005).”

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