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162055P.pdf   06/09/2017  Ralph Mervine  v.  Plant Engineering Services
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2055
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Minnesota Whistleblower Act. Because no rational trier of 
   fact could conclude on this record that plaintiff's protected activity was 
   causally connected to his termination, there was no genuine issue for 
   trial, and the district court did not err in granting the employer's 
   motion for summary judgment; assuming plaintiff had established a prima 
   facie case of retaliation, he failed to show that the employer's stated 
   reason for firing him - unsatisfactory job performance - was a pretext for 
   retaliation.