Morales-Cruz v. University of Puerto Rico

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff’s “factual allegations [did] not support a reasonable inference that she was engaging in protected conduct when she opposed the [allegedly discriminatory] remarks made”
• holding that “amended complaint fails to set forth a plausible claim of retaliation” under Title VII because comments cited in complaint to employer “were - unarguably gender-neutral and do not afford an objectively reasonable foundation for a. retaliation action.”
• noting that an employment discrimination claim cannot be grounded on “offhand comments[ ] and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious)” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775, 788 (1998)
• specifying that “conclusory legal allegations . . . need not be credited”
• “unflattering” but “gender-neutral” descriptions of the plaintiff as “fragile” and “immature” did not support an inference of gender stereotyping
• “Conclusory legal allegations. . . need not be credited,” and are not sufficient to satisfy a plaintiff’s pleading burden.

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