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164343P.pdf 07/03/2018 Gerald Moses v. Dassault Falcon Jet Corp
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-4343
and No: 17-1056
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Before Smith, Author, and Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment Discrimination. Plaintiff was terminated after he
received his EEOC right-to-sue letter on his hostile work environment
claim but did not file a new charge for termination; termination is a
discrete act that constitutes an actionable adverse action and plaintiff's
failure to file a new charge meant that all federal claims related to the
termination are beyond the scope of the EEOC charge and were properly
dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; with respect to
plaintiff's claims under the Arkansas Civil Rights Act, there were no
genuine issues as to whether plaintiff was still qualified to do the
essential job functions of his position with or without an accommodation
and whether he was terminated due to his disability, and the district
court did not err in granting the employer's motion for summary judgment;
with respect to plaintiff's hostile work environment claim, even if the
court assumes that plaintiff linked the alleged harassment to his age or
disability, the alleged harassment was not severe enough to support his
hostile work environment claim; with respect to plaintiff's ADA claim for
failure to accommodate his disability,the record established that he was
unable to perform the essential functions of his job, with or without
accommodation, and his claim necessarily fails; with respect to
plaintiff's claim for ADA retaliation, plaintiff could not show
"but-for"causation because he could not perform his job duties with or
without accommodation.