United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant company in a suit challenging plaintiff's dismissal from a waste management company is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not establish either that he was meeting his employer-s legitimate expectations or that he was treated differently from similarly situated employees; 2) plaintiff was not disabled or handicapped; 3) plaintiff's behavior was insufficient to put defendant on notice that the Family and Medical Leave Act might apply; and 4) plaintiff did not show any direct or indirect evidence of retaliation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/06/2006
• Decided 09/12/2006
• Published 09/12/2006

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tricia L. Knight (argued), Knight & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marko J. Mrkonich (argued), Littler Mendelson, P.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.