United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for government office in a discrimination and retaliation suit is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to present any evidence, direct or circumstantial, that his internal complaint led to his transfer; and 2) a similarly situated employee who did not file a complaint was subjected to the same adverse employment action.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2006
• Decided 07/27/2006
• Published 07/28/2006

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen J. Thomas (argued), Jackson Thomas, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerald S. Post (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.