Carter v. Greenspan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff’s pursuit of “an internal dispute resolution procedure with his supervisors and a human resources representative cannot replace the required initial contact with an EEO counselor within 45 days”
• holding that the plaintiff’s claims that the defendant “caressed [him] on his knee, placed her breast on [his] arm, and placed her fingers on [his] buttocks” were not sufficiently severe to create a hostile work environment (alterations in original) (quoting the record)
• finding that three isolated incidents are not sufficiently severe in quantity or quality to support a hostile work environment, even when these incidents included inappropriate touching
• finding no adverse action when a male employee was reprimanded for absenteeism while female employee’s absenteeism “did not seem to concern management”
• “Filing a Title VII action ... is meant to shield employees from the discriminatory actions of their employers, not to excuse an employee’s poor job performance, impudence, or insubordination.”
• finding no hostile work environment despite co-worker touching plaintiff on her knee, placing her breast on his arm, and placing her fingers on his buttocks on separate occasions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).