Where a former employee asserted claims for race and national origin discrimination, but discovery showed that he was terminated for non-discriminatory reasons, the company prevailed on these claims.
Background
Plaintiff Manosij Roy sued defendant Guidehouse, Inc., asserting claims for discrimination based on race and national origin. Defendant has moved for summary judgment.
Prime facie case
As to the prima facie case, the parties focus on the fourth element: whether there are circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination. In support of this element, plaintiff presents Ariane Whittemore, Kathleen Sifer, Ariane Carpenter, Douglas Criscitello, and Priya Mhatre as potential comparators.
Whittemore
It is undisputed that both plaintiff and Whittemore were identified as priority exit candidates. It is also undisputed that, unlike Plaintiff, Whittemore was retained because “she had been described as a key Guidehouse resource on a contract bid and could not be exited at that time because of that contract.”
Plaintiff argues that there is a genuine issue as to discriminatory motive because the record also shows that plaintiff “was bid as one of four key personnel as the program manager based on the solicitation criteria” for the TSA PASS engagement that was won in early 2021. However, there is no evidence in the record that anyone believed plaintiff’s termination would cause a corresponding problem with the TSA PASS contract or that a reasonable person would have...
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