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112294P.pdf 07/02/2012 Dr. Leonard Chukwualuka Onyiah v. St. Cloud State University
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-2294
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment Discrimination. Assuming plaintiff made a
prima facie case of salary discrimination based on race, he did not meet his
burden of showing the University's stated reason for his compensation
was a pretext for discrimination; plaintiff did not raise his claim of
national-origin discrimination based on tribal affiliation in his EEOC
charge or his amended complaint; assuming plaintiff made a prima facie
case of ADEA salary discrimination, he failed to prove the University's
explanation for his salary - compliance with University policy and
plaintiff's failure to negotiate - was a pretext for age discrimination; Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 did not change the burden of proof on a
plaintiff alleging salary discrimination under Title VII or the ADEA;
district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding expert testimony
that was excessively speculative.