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No. 10-1464
MAUREEN E. GAGE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CORT BUSINESS SERVICES, a/k/a Cort Furniture Rental,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Peter J. Messitte, Senior District
Judge. (8:08-cv-03463-PJM)
Submitted:
Decided:
Anne Sampson Gbenjo, THE GBENJO LAW GROUP, Houston, Texas, for
Appellant.
Joseph A. Ciucci, DUANE MORRIS, LLP, Atlanta,
Georgia, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM:
Maureen E. Gage appeals the district courts judgment
denying
her
judgment
motions
granting
to
alter
summary
or
amend
judgment
and
to
the
reconsider
Appellee,
its
Cort
We affirm.
confined
her
appeal
only
to
the
issue
of
She
retaliation.
F.3d
165,
167
Summary
judgment
is
reasonable
jury
return
verdict
for
the
Anderson v. Liberty
VII
claims
are
analyzed
under
the
burden-shifting
(i)
she
plaintiff
engaged
in
in
retaliation
protected
case
must
activity;
(ii)
show
her
causal
adverse
connection
action.
Ziskie
show
between
the
v.
protected
activity
547
Mineta,
F.3d
and
220,
the
229
that
reasonable
employee
would
have
found
the
have
dissuaded
reasonable
worker
from
making
or
If the plaintiff
articulate
adverse
action.
legitimate,
Baquir
If
the
non-retaliatory
v.
Principi,
employer
makes
reason
434
F.3d
such
for
the
733,
747
showing,
the
Id.
of
Title
VII.
Moreover,
3
Gage
clearly
engaged
in
We
that
protected
have
Gage
reviewed
has
activities
not
and
the
drawn
the
record,
a
causal
adverse
however,
link
action.
and
between
There
we
the
was
Gage
activity.
were
aware
that
she
had
engaged
in
protected
therefore
affirm
the
judgment
of
the
district
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED