Hussain v. Principi

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[s]inee the non-moving party has not diligently pursued discovery of the evidence, this Court is under no obligation to grant belated requests for discovery”
• stating that “the fact that a previous manager found that plaintiff had met or exceeded expectations does not, by itself, establish that a subsequent manager’s evaluation of employee’s performance was discriminatory” (internal citation omitted)
• stating that “the fact that a previous manager found that plaintiff had met or exceeded expectations does not, by itself, establish that a subsequent 10 manager’s evaluation of employee’s performance was discriminatory” (internal citation omitted)
• finding that intentionally delaying the forwarding of a letter, refusing to allow the plaintiff’s counsel to ask questions during a meeting concerning retirement options, and denial of access to official personnel files were all too de minimis to constitute adverse actions
• “[P]laintiff’s attempt to show that his superiors were wrong about his performance does nothing to prove that their proffered reasons for [the adverse employment action] were a façade.”
• “[T]he fact that a previous manager found that plaintiff had met or exceeded expectations does not, by itself, establish that a subsequent manager’s evaluation of employee’s performance was discriminatory.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).