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· 7/2/2015

Michael Sellers v. Deere & Company

Citations

  • 791 F.3d 938
  • 31 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1345
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 11506
  • 127 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1087
  • 2015 WL 4033501

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that federal anti-discrimination statutes require plaintiffs to file complaints with the EEOC before commencing a suit in federal court
  • recognizing that federal anti-discrimination statutes 6 require plaintiffs to file complaints with the EEOC before commencing a suit in federal court
  • holding that two incidents in four years of offensive conduct in which the plaintiff’s manager yelled at 16 him and acted violently did not support hostile work environment claim
  • holding that in order to prevail on a hostile work environment claim, the plaintiff must present evidence that he is a member of the class of people protected by the statute
  • noting that an administrative charge will be liberally construed for exhaustion purposes
  • stating the “alleged adverse employment actions are discrete acts that should have been separately presented to the EEOC”

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Judges: Colloton, Kelly, Riley

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