760 F. Supp. 2d 38 - Hampton v. Vilsack’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 15 district ·

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1. “While Miller, plaintiffs first-line supervisor, officially “initiated” the investigations into his conduct, the investigations were triggered as a result of other individuals reporting this conduct to Miller. For example, the investigation into plaintiffs hotel reimbursement requests was triggered when Christine Lipscomb noted handwritten changes to plaintiffs hotel bills and concluded that plaintiffs receipts had been altered in some fashion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hampton v. Vilsack

2. “[I]n considering an employer's motion for summary judgment or judgment as a matter of law in those circumstances, the district court must resolve one central question: Has the employee produced sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the employer's asserted non-[retaliatory] reason was not the actual reason....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Saunders v. McMahon

3. “Plaintiff cannot, however, rely on the discrete acts upon which he bases his discrimination and retaliation claims to support a hostile environment claim.”) (citing Franklin v. Potter, 600 F.Supp.2d 38, 76 (D.D.C.2009) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 31 F. Supp. 3d 277 - Slate v. Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia