Justia U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion Summaries

Plaintiff, a former employee of the United States Agency for International Development ("USAID"), alleged claims of gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At issue was whether the district court failed to evaluate plaintiff's evidence in its totality and failed to assume the truth of the facts and draw inferences in her favor. The court held that summary judgment was improperly granted regarding plaintiff's June 2004 non-promotion plan where plaintiff offered sufficient evidence to raise a material issue of disputed fact regarding USAID's explanation for her non-promotion was pre-textual and from which a reasonable jury could find unlawful gender discrimination. The court also held that summary judgment was properly granted for the remainder of plaintiff's claims where the district court properly ruled and considered the remaining evidence.