Berry v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, if decisionmakers did not believe a policy existed, mistake in failing to follow it does not establish pretext
• stating that if the “deci-sionmakers did not believe a rigid policy existed,” their mistake in failing to follow it does not show pretext
• concluding “decisionmakers did not believe a rigid policy existed,” and so their mistake in failing to follow that policy didn’t show pretext
• noting that the “mere fact that an employer failed to follow its own internal procedures” is insufficient to show its actions were discriminatory
• noting plaintiff pointed to no written policy and no evidence of an unwritten specific approach to progressive discipline
• stating, at the summary judgment stage, that a plaintiff must identify at least one major life activity to satisfy the ADA’s disability definition

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