Lewis v. Indiana Department of Transportation

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging disability discrimination, race discrimination, and retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed some of the complaints and the district court granted summary judgment to the defendant on the remaining counts and plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that no reasonable jury could find for plaintiff on any of her claims where she did not raise any genuine issue of material fact as to whether the employer’s decision to terminate her for poor performance and insubordination was pretextual and where no reasonable jury could find a causal connection between her remote-work accommodation and the cited performance issues that led to her termination. (ROVNER and HAMILTON, concurring)