Uesco Indus., Inc. v. Poolman of Wis., Inc.

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• explaining that Eleventh Amendment immunity “extends to state agencies and state officials in their official capacities”
• noting that under the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework, plaintiff can satisfy prima facie case of discrimination with evidence that she was treated worse than similarly situated employees not in a protected group
• affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment in employment discrimination case to employer who terminated employee for “lack of work”
• finding warden who was final decisionmaker with respect to the discipline imposed on plaintiff could be personally liable on plaintiff’s equal protection claims
• affirming summary judgment on section 1981 claims against individual defendants in their official capacities
• in evaluating similarities between the plaintiff and an alleged comparator, courts should consider whether they shared the same disciplining supervisor

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