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Where an electrician alleged that he was terminated by Fairfax County because of his refusal to comply with the county’s COVID-19 policy, his disability discrimination and retaliation claims were dismissed. It was implausible that the county regarded him as disabled ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie M. Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where individuals who made the decision to end a woman’s employment with Old Dominion University’s Office of Development had no knowledge that she had previously complained to Human Resources, and the decision was part of a department reorganization, the university ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth Hanes U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an employer removed a case to federal court because the complaint included both federal and state claims, and the employee then amended her complaint to drop her federal claim, the suit was remanded to state court. Regardless of whether ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the record showed a school board decided not to renew the contract of a bus driver because of her insubordinate and unprofessional behavior, it prevailed on her claims of race discrimination and retaliation. Background Lillie M. Cook drove a ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a former employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency alleged that she was terminated in retaliation for protected activity, but she failed to causally connect the termination to her protected activity, the NGA prevailed on the retaliation claims. Background Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a woman alleged that her limited-term employment ended because of her pregnancy, but the record showed that there wasn’t enough work to justify her continued employment, the employer prevailed on her discrimination and retaliation claims. Background Allison Blanchard filed ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the charge of discrimination filed by an employee asserted only a claim for disability discrimination; did not check the box for “retaliation” or for “other” to specify a failure-to-accommodate or an interference charge and did not discuss any facts ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman asserted a university’s failure to hire her to teach a class was because of her sex, but she failed to plead facts that the university was seeking applicants at the time, or that it continued to seek ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a supervisor’s performance review noted that an employee struggled with the computer and needed “assistance with technology at times,” that did not raise a reasonable inference of unlawful disability discrimination. Background Patricia Newell worked at Carter Bank & Trust, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman alleged she was not hired because of her age, but the hiring committee ranked three other candidates above her, including one who was older, and the winning candidate was selected because of his job experience, communication, executive ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Henry F. Floyd