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122955P.pdf   03/13/2014  Tim Lors  v.  Jim Dean
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2955
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Pierre   
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Wollman and Murphy, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment Discrimination. For the court's prior opinion in the case, see Lors v. Dean, 726 F.3d 1036 (8th Cir. 2013), reh'g granted and opinion vacated October 2, 2013. In action alleging plaintiff had been terminated in retaliation for filing a discrimination complaint under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, plaintiff failed to establish any direct evidence of retaliation; analyzing his ADA retaliation claim under McDonnell Douglas, plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the defendants' legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for his termination (failure to comply with the requirements of a work improvement plan) was a pretext; since the summary judgment record shows plaintiff did not have a valid Title V claims against the defendants, the court need not determine whether Title V of the ADA is a valid abrogation of sovereign immunity. 122955P.pdf 08/08/2013 Tim Lors v. Jim Dean U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2955 U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Pierre
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Wollman and Murphy, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. Plaintiff's claims for money damages against the State of South Dakota and its employees under Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act were barred by sovereign immunity; the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.