Cervantes (Manuel) Vs. State

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• holding that five clear instances of sexual harassment involving plaintiff’s breasts and appearance over fifteen months were not enough
• concluding that numerous comments about the size and appearance of the plaintiff’s breasts over a fifteen-month period, including that they looked “sloppy” and were “drooping,” did not amount to an actionable sexual harassment claim.
• stating that claims had been abandoned by failure to brief in response to summary judgment motion before district court
• noting that “breasts are a distinguishing feature and characteristic of [the plaintiff’s] body as a woman” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• determining that plaintiff “abandoned” certain claims by failing to discuss them in his response to defendant’s summary judgment motion (citing Brown v. VHS of Mich., Inc., 545 F. App’x 368, 372 (6th Cir. 2013))
• finding five incidents of verbal comments about the plaintiff’s physical appearance, including her breasts, insufficient to satisfy the “severe or pervasive” element of her Title VII hostile work environment claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).