Chavez v. State of New Mexico

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• concluding that two isolated comments did not amount to the “steady barrage” required to establish a hostile work environment
• “holding that two racially offensive remarks ‘[fell] far short of the “steady barrage” required for a [racially] hostile environment claim’”
• affirming district court ruling of summary judgment because a lack of evidence meant the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a “causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse employment action.”
• requiring evidence of conflict to demonstrate abuse of discretion in denying disqualification motion
• in determining hostile work environment, factors to be considered include whether the discriminatory conduct is “physically threatening or humiliating, or a mere offensive utterance”
• two racially offensive remarks not pervasive or severe enough to alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of plaintiffs employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).