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In Yuvienco v. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, 2024 WL 727712 (D.D.C. Feb. 22, 2024), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. Initially, the court summarized the relevant black-letter law, highlighting the requirement that a plaintiff asserting such a claim “must establish that the allegedly harassing conduct complained of was…

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In a recent case, Treadwell v. District of Columbia, Case No. 23-cv-03616 (CRC), 2023 WL 8764349 (D.D.C. Dec. 19, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff plausibly alleged a claim of age discrimination arising from alleged offensive, age-related comments. From the decision: Though not by much, Treadwell has sufficiently pled that OAG subjected her…

Read More Age-Related Comments Plausibly Support Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court Holds
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In Kayode v. Merrick B. Garland, Case No. 1:22-cv-03802 (TNM), 2023 WL 8083638 (D.D.C. Nov. 21, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Here, in sum, plaintiff alleged that she was treated in a “rude”, “offensive”, and…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Supervisor’s Conduct, “Barely” Survives Dismissal
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In Jenkins v. District of Columbia, No. 17-2730 (TSC), 2023 WL 4183795 (D.D.C. June 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) – for failure to exhaust administrative remedies at the EEOC. The court summarized this requirement as follows: Before…

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In Lang v. District of Columbia, et al, 2023 WL 2708820 (D.D.C. March 30, 2023), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed plaintiff’s “failure to protect against hostile work environment” claim. From the decision: That leaves Plaintiff’s claims based on Defendants’ negligent failure to protect her from the hostile work environment. These…

Read More Court Declines to Recognize, and Dismisses, Hostile Work Environment Claim Based on “Negligent Supervision” Theory
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In Degefu v. Department of Veterans Affairs et al, Civil Action No. 20-cv-3548 (BAH), 2023 WL 2707494 (D.D.C. March 30, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The record before this Court suffices to meet the standard that a reasonable juror could…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Alleged Abusive Treatment Followed Accommodation Request
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A recent decision, McCallum v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 21-1911 (ABJ), 2023 WL 2571757 (D.D.C. March 20, 2023), the court addressed an issue that is central to many, if not most, allegations of employment discrimination: namely, whether an alleged negative action by an employer constitutes an actionable “adverse…

Read More Removal/Reassignment of Duties Was an “Adverse Employment Action”, Court Holds
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In Garza v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of United States Department of State, 2023 WL 2239352 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff’s allegations against Favret do not amount…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Staring at Breasts, Among Other Conduct, Deemed Insufficient by Court
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In Holston v. Janet Yellen, Secretary of Treasury, No. 20-3533, 2022 WL 4355289 (D.D.C. Sept. 20, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After outlining the plaintiff’s allegations, the court explained: Taking the allegations described…

Read More Federal Employee’s Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Taylor v. Haaland, 2022 WL 990682 (D.D.C. March 31, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. After summarizing the “black letter” law governing such a claim, the court applied it to the facts: Here, Taylor argues that the Department created a hostile work environment by: (1)…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Unpleasant” and “Offensive” Conduct Insufficient
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