Eric Kuhn v. Washtenaw County

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• holding that an internal investigation into plaintiff that did not change the form or conditions of his employment was not an adverse employment action capable of giving rise to a discrimination claim
• concluding that arguments “adverted to in only a perfunctory manner, are waived”
• holding that the employee’s “extended discretionary leave and his failure to return to work” were an “intervening reason for the County to terminate his employment” and that “temporal proximity” could not be used to establish causation for a retaliation claim
• explaining that “arguments adverted to in only a perfunctory manner . . . are waived”
• explaining that “arguments not raised in a party’s opening brief . . . are waived”
• stating that adverse actions include “a demotion evidenced by a decrease in wage or salary” or “a less distinguished title”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).