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Tenth Circuit· 2/8/2023

Markley v. U.S. Bank

Citations

  • 59 F.4th 1072

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  • explaining that an employment discrimination plaintiff cannot survive summary judgment where his evidence presents nothing more than a speculative basis for believing discrimination was a motivating factor
  • observing that “an employment discrimination plaintiff cannot survive summary judgment where the evidence he produces permits nothing more than a speculative basis for believing discrimination was a motivating fac- tor”
  • noting that pretext can be shown at summary judgment through “weakness, implausibilities, inconsistencies, incoherences, or contradictions in the employer’s proffered reason, such that a reasonable fact finder could deem the employer’s reason unworthy of credence” (internal quotations omitted
  • noting that pretext can be shown at summary judgment through “weakness, implausibilities, inconsistencies, incoherences, or contradictions in the employer’s proffered reason, such that a reasonable fact finder could deem the employer’s reason unworthy of credence” (internal quotations omitted
  • rejecting the argument that a supervisor’s predisposition against plaintiff was material when there was “zero evidence” that the alleged animus was the product of an age-based bias
  • affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment using the McDonnell Douglas framework

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