Anthoine v. North Central Counties Consortium

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a “verbal warning” and “an unsatisfactory evaluation” were adverse actions for purposes of First Amendment retaliation claim
• reiterating that employers are “entitled to summary judgment if they can demonstrate that they would have reached the same adverse employment decision even in the absence of the employee’s protected conduct.”
• finding a causal connection where “the 10 process of downgrading [plaintiff’s] performance evaluation began within days after the at-issue 11 statements”
• finding a “verbal warning” and “an unsatisfactory evaluation” were adverse actions for First Amendment retaliation claim
• determining 16 that the plaintiff failed to “carry his burden of showing his employer’s explanation was unworthy 17 of credence”
• requiring “specific and substantial” evidence to raise a triable issue of fact that the non-discriminatory or non-retaliatory reasons offered by the employer were pretextual

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).