United States First Circuit

In a suit against the plaintiff's employer alleging religious discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the district court's grant of summary judgment for the employer is affirmed, where: 1) the efforts made by the employer constituted a reasonable accommodation of the plaintiff's religious beliefs; 2) the plaintiff failed to point to any evidence that the employer's reasons for disciplining him were merely a pretext for religious discrimination; and 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing the plaintiff's request for additional discovery to respond to the summary judgment motion, as the plaintiff failed to demonstrate why he could not have obtained the information he needed to contest the motion prior to the close of discovery.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2012
• Published 03/08/2012

Judges

• Torruella

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juan Rafael Gonzalez-Munoz, Todd J. Shill