191456P.pdf   05/05/2020  Wendy Thompson  v.  Kanabec County
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1456
                          and No:  19-1988
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Grasz and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Family and Medical Leave Act. Plaintiff showed no prejudice 
   from the County's delay in acting on her FMLA request or its failure to 
   give her notice of her FMLA rights as she was on personal leave when she 
   requested FMLA and remained on leave until she resigned; the activities 
   plaintiff was asked to do related to the underlying child-protection 
   investigation, her FMLA request and her employment status, and the 
   County's request that she assist with these matters did not constitute 
   interference with plaintiff's FMLA rights; plaintiff failed to provide 
   direct evidence of FMLA bias from a decision maker; applying the McDonnell 
   Douglas analysis to her indirect evidence of FMLA discrimination, 
   plaintiff failed to establish a materially adverse employment action, 
   including constructive discharge, or that there was causal connection 
   between her actions and the adverse employment action; as she did not 
   establish a prima facie case of FMLA discrimination, the district court 
   did not err in granting defendants summary judgment on this claim; the 
   district court did not err in declining to exercise supplemental 
   jurisdiction over plaintiff's state law claims; the district court did not 
   abuse its discretion in awarding costs to the County as it prevailed on 
   all plaintiff's federal claims and the court dismissed plaintiff's state 
   law claims.