Ruiz v. County of Rockland

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• holding that disparate treatment claim requires “showing that an employer treated plaintiff less favorably than a similarly situated employee outside his protected group” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that “if the employer is applying its criteria for satisfactory job performance in an inconsistent, arbitrary, or discriminatory manner, then there is a question of fact as to whether the criteria reflect the employer’s ‘honestly-held expectations’ ” (citation omitted)
• observing that inference of discrimination can arise when individuals outside protected group are subjected to different treatment
• noting that race discrimination claims brought under Title VII are analyzed under the McDonnell Douglas
• noting that plaintiff’s race discrimination claims brought under Title VII and § 1983 are analyzed under the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework
• stating that claims for race discrimination under Section 1981 are analyzed under the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework

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