Dorns v. Geithner

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that budgetary issues were a “legitimate, 22 nondiscriminatory” explanation for an adverse employment action
• finding that the denial of the plaintiff’s request to attend four training courses was not an adverse employment action
• finding an adverse action would be possible if a detail would have provided growth or promotion potential
• describing the different standards under discrimination and retaliation but proceeding to analyze retaliatory conduct as whether the action was adverse based on its effect on terms or conditions of employment
• describing the different standards under discrimination and retaliation but proceeding to analyze retaliatory conduct as whether the action was adverse based on its effect on terms or conditions of employment
• “[E]ven assuming that the denial of . . . sick leave is actionable, the amount in question here is too de minimis to be considered ‘material’ or ‘significant.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).