Wilbert ESSEX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee

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• proceeding to the dispositive issue of pretext without deciding if the plaintiff established a prima facie case
• “Plaintiffs cannot create issues of fact by pointing to the ambiguity of their own evidence.”
• “The fact that the employer was mistaken or based its decision on bad policy, or even just plain stupidity, goes nowhere as evidence that the proffered reason is pretextual.”
• “The fact that the employer was mistaken or based its decision on bad policy, or even just plain stupidity, goes nowhere as evidence that the proffered explanation is pretextual.”
• “The fact that the employer was mistaken or based its decision on bad policy, or even just plain stupidity, goes nowhere as evidence that the proffered explanation is pretextual.”

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