The court affirmed summary judgment for the Government on Baloch’s discrimination, retaliation, and hostile-work-environment claims. His reassignment of duties did not amount to an adverse action, and he did not produce evidence from which a jury could find that the Government’s reasons were pretextual; the challenged…
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2008
Published opinions from 2008. The case name opens the case page.
2008 opinions
D.C. Cir.Standley Brady, Appellant v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms, United States House of Representatives, Appellee
March 28, 2008520 F.3d 490
The court affirmed summary judgment for the House Sergeant at Arms, holding that once an employer asserts a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for an adverse employment action, courts ordinarily should bypass the prima facie case and ask whether the evidence would permit a reasonable jury to find both pretext and…