Charles HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward J. DERWINSKI, Secretary of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that a four-month gap between plaintiff’s complaint and disciplinary letter “d[id] not sufficiently raise the inference that [plaintiff’s] filing was the reason for the adverse action”
• affirming district court’s conclusion that four-month period between protected activity and adverse action, by itself, did not satisfy causation element for retaliation claim
• granting summary judgment because disciplinary letter issued four months after discrimination charge filed insufficient causal link to employer action
• determining that a twenty month period was insufficient
• holding a four-month period insufficient
• four-month gap between complaint and adverse action could not support a reasonable inference of retaliation

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