McKinnon v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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• holding that warden’s comments that plaintiff was skating on thin ice and that he was either with management or against them were not materially adverse acts that were actionable as part of a Title VII retaliation claim
• noting that “it is well-settled that difficult or stressful working conditions are not tantamount to a ‘hostile’ work environment” (internal quotation omitted)
• finding “intensified” supervision of plaintiff, micromanaging of plaintiff’s whereabouts, and “accosting” and “harassing” plaintiff about time and attendance matters did not constitute adverse employment actions
• “Minor changes in duties or working conditions, even unpalatable or unwelcome ones, which cause no materially 18 significant disadvantage do not satisfy the prong.” (internal citations omitted)
• listing Title VII retaliation prima facie elements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).