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See, e.g., Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (“Our review on appeal is plenary, which means we review each element anew.”); Metromedia Energy, Inc. v. Enserch Energy Servs., Inc., 409 F.3d 574 , 579 (3d Cir. 2005) (“Thus, we owe no deference to the District Court’s analysis, and instead we exercise plenary review over the District Court’s decision . . ..”).

A plaintiff must also show under the first element of a prima facie case of retaliation that he or she held “‘an objectively reasonable belief, in good faith, that the activity [opposed] is unlawful under Title VII.’” See Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting Moore, 461 F.3d at 341).

Title VII prohibits retaliation against an employee for “oppos[ing] any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–3(a); Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

The Third Circuit has similarly held that the term “monkey,” when directed at an African American individual, was “clear[ly] . . . used in a racist manner.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 539-40 (3d Cir. 2021).

Thus, the question here is: “Could a reasonable person, standing in [Plaintiff’s] shoes, have believed that [Jackson’s] behavior violated Title VII?” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Similarly, a plaintiff may engage in protected activity where he opposes “discrimination because of [his] association with a person of another race.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

This 6 prohibition includes “associational” discrimination, wherein an employee is “subjected to adverse action because an employer disapproves of interracial association.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 538 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting Holcomb v. Iona Coll., 521 F.3d 130, 139 (2nd Cir. 2008)).

A plaintiff alleging a hostile work environment claim premised on racial discrimination must show, among other things, “that the environment was actually hostile, i.e., that the offensive conduct at work was either ‘severe’ or ‘pervasive.’” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

As a preliminary matter, Harrell “must show that [s]he held ‘an objectively reasonable belief, in good faith, that the activity [s]he opposed is unlawful under Title VII.’” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting Moore, 461 F.3d at 341 ).

“Workplace behavior may violate Title VII in a variety of ways.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

A. Case To make out a case of retaliation, the plaintiff must prove that (1) the plaintiff engaged in activity protected by Title VII, (2) the defendant took an adverse employment action against the plaintiff, and (3) there was a causal connection between the first two steps. , 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F. 4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting Clark Cnty.

Whether the plaintiff’s belief was reasonable is judged without “saddl[ing the plaintiff] with all of the doctrinal twists and turns that a civil rights lawyer would need to navigate.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 540 (3d Cir. 2021); see also E.E.O.C. v. Rite Way Serv., Inc., 819 F.3d 235, 242 (5th Cir. 2016) (analyzing reasonableness from the perspective of an employee “not instructed on Title VII law as a jury would be”).

III For the foregoing reasons, we will reverse and remand. 9 9 Judge Matey would affirm the District Court’s determination that Minniti lacked “an objectively reasonable belief, in good faith, that the activity [he opposed] is unlawful under Title VII.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (alteration in original) (quoting Moore, 461 F.3d at 345).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

For the reasons set forth below, the court disagrees. 13 Title VII “may be violated when an employee's racist behavior creates a hostile work environment for his colleagues.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

IV. 8 “Title VII makes it unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee ‘because [the employee] has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter . . . .’” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a)).

See Celotex, 477 U.S. at 322 (“Rule 56(c) mandates the entry of summary judgment . . . against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party’s case[.]”); Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (“To survive summary judgment on a retaliation claim, a plaintiff must first make out a prima facie case.” (citing Moore, 461 F.3d at 340 )).

Title VII retaliation claims require “a causal connection between [the employee’s] participation in the protected activity and the adverse employment action.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

Pa., 877 F.3d 487, 490 (3d Cir. 2017) (citing Shelton, 223 F.3d at 224); see also Aron v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., 174 F. App’x 82, 83 (3d Cir. 2006) (applying elements of religious discrimination claim from Shelton to prospective employee’s religious discrimination claim). 33 Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 575 U.S. at 772 . 34 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a); Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 534 (3d Cir. 2021). 35 Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021). 36 42 U.S.C.…

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F. 4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

The term associational discrimination “is a misnomer because, when you discriminate against an employee because of his association with someone of a different [protected status], you are in effect discriminating against him because of [his own protected status] in violation of Title VII.”9 Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 538 (3d Cir. 2021) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

“Workplace behavior may violate Title VII in a variety of ways.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Plaintiff's Retaliation Claims Title VIl's anti-retaliation provision separately provides that it is unlawful | “for an employer to discriminate against any of his employees ... because [the employee] has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter[.]’ 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). | Under similar burden-shifting framework discussed above, a plaintiff must rst make out a prima facie case by tendering evidence that: 1) he engaged in | activity prote…

The complaint must be “about the type of conduct that is generally protected by that Title, such as discrimination on the basis of race.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

See id. 3 Makky v. Chertoff, 541 F.3d 205, 214 (3d Cir. 2008) (including an adverse employment action as a required element of a Title VII prima facie case of discrimination); Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (including an adverse employment action as a required element of a Title VII prima facie case of retaliation). 2 in the Court’s opinion.4, 5 We will affirm the District Court’s grant of Defendants’ motions for summary judgment.6 4 Wahab v. Dep’t of E…

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

McCoy had a history of making, to put it generously, racially insensitive remarks to his only black employee and, at a minimum, condoned racist statements and behavior from Hibbert, who had a pattern of offensive behavior.112 Despite McCoy’s behavior over a period of 108 Id. 109 Id. at 48-49. 110 Id. 111 Cf. Castleberry, 863 F.3d at 262, 265 (concluding that incident was sufficiently severe to state a claim for a hostile work environment where “a supervisor told Castleberry …

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (cleaned up).

To do so, he must “tender evidence that: ‘(1) he engaged in a activity protected by Title VII; (2) the employer took an adverse employment action against [him]; and (3) there was a causal connection between [his] participation in the protected activity and the adverse action’.” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) 14 (quoting Moore, 461 F.3d at 340-41 ) (quoting Nelson v. Upsala Coll., 51 F.3d 383, 386 (3d Cir. 1995)).

When I view the evidence at trial in the light most favorable to Ms. Lloyd, the record has enough evidence to support each of these elements. case To make out a case of retaliation, the plaintiff must prove that (1) the plaintiff engaged in activity protected by Title VII, (2) the defendant took an adverse employment action against the plaintiff, and (3) there was a causal connection between the first two steps. , 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

Retaliation To establish a case of retaliation, a plaintiff must show that (1) he engaged in protected activity, (2) he suffered an adverse employment action, and (3) there was a causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse employment action. , 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

See Williams, 380 F.3d at 759 (ADA); Kengerski, 6 F.4th at 536 (Title VII).

Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53, 63 (2006). 102 Id. 103 Id. 104 Moore v. City of Phila., 461 F.3d 331, 342 (3d Cir. 2006) (footnote omitted). 105 6 F. 4th 531, 534 (3d Cir. 2021). 106 Id. at 534 . 107 Id. at 535 . 108 Id. at 536 . 109 Id. at 537 (footnote omitted). 110 Id. at 537, n. 6 . 111 Id. (quoting Moore, 641 F.3d at 342). 112 Id. at 537. 113 Id. (quoting Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 764 (1998)). 114 Id. 115 Id. (quoting Clark Cnty.

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021) (citing Castleberry v. STI Grp., 863 F.3d 259, 264 (3d Cir. 2017)); see also Starnes v. Butler Cnty.

Title VII also “makes it unlawful for an employer to retaliate against an employee ‘because he has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by this subchapter . . . .’” Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a)).

Burton v. Teleflex Inc., 707 F.3d 417 , 424–25 (3d Cir. 2013). 2 Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

In Kengerski v. Harper, the Third Circuit held that to succeed on a hostile work environment claim, "a plaintiff needs to show that the environment was actually hostile, i.e., that the offensive conduct at work was either ‘severe’ or ‘pervasive." 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021) (citing Castleberry v. STI Grp., 863 F.3d 259, 264 (3d Cir. 2017)).

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 537 (3d Cir. 2021) (holding that an employee engaged in protected activity when he reported discriminatory comments a coworker made regarding his biracial granddaughter); Hernandez v. EHC Assocs., Inc., No. 5:17-cv-05263, 2018 WL 5870319 , at *3 (E.D.

First, many of the incidents to which Henderson cites do not involve his race and therefore cannot form the basis of a hostile work environment claim.104 Second, Penn State argues that any alleged discrimination was not severe or pervasive enough to form a viable hostile work environment claim, and his claims of bias are too vague to support such a claim.105 “Title [VII] may be violated when an employee’s racist behavior creates a hostile work environment for his colleagues.…

Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021).

While we certainly do not expect employees to be experts in the nuances of employment discrimination law or to use the legal definition of “qualified” in their everyday statements, see Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 540 (3d Cir. 20 2021), the only logical conclusion is that Fowler was using the term “qualified” according to its ordinary meaning: she simply did not have the minimum skills necessary to perform the job.

No. 19-1 at 7. 122 Moore v. City of Phila., 461 F.3d 331 , 342 (3d Cir. 2006). 123 Carvalho-Grevious, 851 F.3d at 257 (quoting Moore, 461 F.3d at 342). 124 Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021). 125 Moore, 461 F.3d at 341. 126 Kengerski, 6 F.4th at 536 (citing Moore, 461 F.3d at 341). 127 Curay-Cramer v. Ursuline Academy of Wilmington, De., Inc., 450 F. 3d 130 , 135 (3d Cir. 2006). 128 Atkinson v. Lafayette Coll., 653 F. Supp. 2d 581, 596-97 (E.D.

First, as to the issue of causation at the prima facie stage, as the Third Circuit in this case emphasized, the Court must consider “the circumstances as a whole[.]” Kengerski, 6 F.4th at 541, n.9 (citation omitted).

Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101, 116 (2002) (internal quotations omitted)). 151 Castleberry, 863 F.3d at 263 (quoting Mandel, 706 F.3d at 167 ). 152 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). 153 Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 536 (3d Cir. 2021) (quoting Moore v. City of Philadelphia, 461 F.3d 331, 340-41 (3d Cir. 2006)). 154 Kengerski, 6 F.4th at 537 (citing Castleberry, 863 F.2d at 264). 155 Kengerski, 6 F.4th at 537 (citing Ellerth, 524 U.S. at 764 and Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry.

See Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 534, 537 (3d Cir. 2021).

See Kengerski v. Harper, 6 F.4th 531, 540 (3d Cir. 2021) (racist comments about other employees “could have bolstered [Plaintiff’s] reasonable belief” that he was reporting unlawful activity).