Clarence Putman v. Unity Health System

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that statements that the plaintiff was not “humble enough” or “too prideful” were facially race-neutral
• stating that one way of showing circumstances that give rise to an inference of discrimination is to provide evidence of pretext
• determining that an employee refusing to obey a direct order was “a clear cut, legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for terminat[ion]”
• stating that one way of showing circumstances that give rise to an inference of discrimination is to provide evidence of pretext
• noting that to establish pretext, a plaintiff must “substantiate-his allegations with sufficient probative evidence [that] would permit a finding in [his] favor based on more than mere speculation, conjecture, or fantasy”
• affirming dismissal of retaliatory termination claim when plaintiff failed to show that employer’s nondiscriminatory reason for termination was pretextual

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).