Casper Eugene Harding v. Vincent Gray

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• asking whether 10 interrogation and punishment were “disproportionate to the 11 crime, which would indicate persecution on grounds of 12 political opinion rather than prosecution or legitimate law- 13 enforcement interrogation” (internal quotation marks 14 omitted)
• background circumstances not an additional hurdle, but rather a substitute for minority plaintiffs burden under first prong of McDonnell Douglas test
• “[M]ere unsubstantiated allegation ... creates no ‘genuine issue of fact’ and will not withstand summary judgment.”
• a male plaintiff, as a “member of the historically favored group” must “present[ ] evidence of ‘background circumstances’ that could support an inference of discrimination”
• “when an employer acts contrary to his apparent best interest in promoting a less-qualified minority applicant, it is more likely than not that the employer acted out of a discriminatory motive”
• “[A] mere unsubstantiated allegation ... creates no genuine issue of fact and will not withstand summary judgment.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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