Nurriddin v. Bolden, No. 14-5156 (D.C. Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against NASA, his former employer, claiming unlawful discrimination. In plaintiff's first appeal, the court granted summary judgment to NASA on plaintiff's various claims of discrimination and retaliation over a six-year period. In this appeal, plaintiff alleges claims of discrimination and retaliation occurring between 1996-2004, under the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 791(b), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. The court concluded that, without a disability within the meaning of the statute, or NASA regarding him as so impaired, plaintiff's claim of discrimination in violation of the Rehabilitation Act fails. The court also concluded that plaintiff's Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims based on eight discrete events failed. Even assuming all of these events are actionable, there is no basis whatsoever for a reasonable jury to infer either discrimination or retaliation. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to NASA in its entirety.
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