Tony Brummett v. Lee Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A the Decatur Herald and Review

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• noting that Mr. Brummett’s claim against his previous employer could not satisfy the pretext prong of (continued...
• affirming summary judgment and noting that employers are “under no obligation to bend over backwards to assist its employees with their job-related difficulties, especially difficulties caused by their own wrongdoing”
• employee legitimately 83 Plaintiffs allege Lisath or Williams told Hernández that Rosado had been discharged for “insubordination” (Docket No. 73, p. 3
• “It is not enough that [Plaintiff] is African American, was disliked, and was fired; he must prevent some evidence…that he was fired because of his race.”
• “[W]e will not second-guess an employer’s policies that are facially legitimate.”
• where an employer required \a valid driver's license and a good driving record\ for business reasons, and the plaintiff's driver's license had been suspended for bad driving, the plaintiff could not show that he was meeting his employer's legitimate expectations

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