Liou v. CyraCom International Incorporated

Filing 47

ORDER denying 39 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying as moot 46 Motion to Strike. The Court notes that Plaintiff may not file another motion for summary judgment without first obtaining leave of Court. See Case ManagementOrder (Doc. 31), 7(b). Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 2/24/2016.(TCA)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Glenn Liou,

No. CV-15-01167-PHX-DGC
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER

CyraCom International Incorporated,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff Glenn Liou moves for summary judgment on two facts.

Doc. 39.

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Defendant has filed a response (Doc. 42), but Plaintiff has not filed a reply, and the time

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for replying has passed. Neither party requests oral argument.

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Plaintiff filed this case in June 2015, alleging that Defendant CyraCom, his former

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employer, discriminated against him because of his age in violation of the Age

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Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

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Plaintiff seeks summary judgment on two facts: (1) he never expressed disagreement with

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Defendant’s “verbatim interpretation” policy, and (2) his “needs improvement” rating

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was reversed. Doc. 39.

Doc. 1.

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A party seeking summary judgment “bears the initial responsibility of informing

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the district court of the basis for its motion, and identifying those portions of [the record]

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which it believes demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.” Celotex

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Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323 (1986). Summary judgment is appropriate if the

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evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, shows “that there is

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no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a

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matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a).

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Defendant contends that Plaintiff expressed disagreement with the verbatim

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interpretation policy in an email dated May 14, 2014. Doc. 43-4. An affidavit submitted

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by Eduardo Alvarez, the Contact Center Manager at Cyracom in Phoenix and Plaintiff’s

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supervisor, supports Defendant’s contention. Doc. 43-2, ¶ 5. Mr. Alvarez also asserts in

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his affidavit that Plaintiff’s “needs improvement” rating was not rescinded. Id., ¶ 6. The

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affidavit by Mr. Alvarez creates an issue of fact regarding the matters addressed in

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Plaintiff’s motion, and the Court therefore will deny the motion.

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IT IS ORDERED:

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Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 39) is denied.

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Defendant’s motion to strike (Doc. 46) is denied as moot.

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The Court notes that Plaintiff may not file another motion for summary

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judgment without first obtaining leave of Court. See Case Management

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Order (Doc. 31), ¶ 7(b).

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Dated this 24th day of February, 2016.

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