Legal Opinion
Jonathan Thomas v. Jeh Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2015No. 14-41085PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a Title VII claim arising out of Appellant Jonathan Adams Thomas’s termination from his position with the Department of Homeland Security as a probationary Border Patrol Agent. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the government, Thomas’s employer, and we affirm.
Thomas was a probationary Border Patrol agent with the Department of Homeland Security. On April 13, 2010, Thomas and his partner diverted from their assigned patrol area to visit a Border Patrol checkpoint (“the Checkpoint”). Thomas did not ask his partner why they were…
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