Johnson v. Perez, No. 15-5034 (D.C. Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseAppellant, an African-American temporary employee of the U.S. Department of Labor, filed suit against the Department, alleging that it dismissed him from his position as a Veterans Employment Specialist because of his race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to the Department for want of evidence of racial discrimination. The court affirmed on the slightly different ground that no reasonable juror could find that the Department's stated, nondiscriminatory reasons for dismissing appellant were not its real reasons. In this case, the Department’s position is that it terminated appellant because his performance was deficient and his demeanor was argumentative in response to supervisor feedback. Appellant has failed to identify record evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that race played a role in his discharge.
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