Holbrook, Dawnele v. Reno, Janet

How courts have described this case

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• holding that filing an EEO complaint is protected activity for purposes of a Title VII retaliation claim
• holding that the plaintiff failed to prove causation because the plaintiff failed to prove the employer knew of an EEO complaint
• concluding that a “probationary” employee was not “similarly situated to a fifteen-year veteran with supervisory responsibilities”
• holding that to show causation, the plaintiff must usually show “that the adverse personnel action took place shortly after that activity”
• holding that the plaintiff failed to prove causation because the plaintiff failed to prove the employer knew of an EEO complaint
• holding that a plaintiff who relies on alleged comparators to show discrimination must demonstrate that the comparators were “charged with offenses of comparable seriousness” to show similarity of situation (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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