District of Columbia· 9/30/2016

Duncan v. Johnson

Citations

213 F. Supp. 3d 161
2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136100
2016 WL 5719714

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finding no causation where plaintiff offered no proof that decision-maker “ever learned of plaintiff’s protected activity”
“Both the ADEA and Title VII require that before filing a lawsuit' in federal court, a plaintiff must timely pursue and exhaust administrative remedies.”
“Both the ADEA and Title VII require that before filing a lawsuit in federal court, a plaintiff must timely pursue and exhaust administrative remedies.”
a plaintiff cannot make out a cat’s paw claim if an impartial decision maker makes an independent determination that adverse action is warranted for reasons unrelated to the alleged non-decision maker’s action
“[B]ecause a reasonable juror could infer that Andrews sent the memorandum to ELR with the knowledge that some adverse action could follow, the Court finds that plaintiff can just meet his burden under the second prong of the Staub test.”
applying cat's-paw theory to retaliation claim

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