Legal Opinion
Takele v. Mayo Clinic
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2009No. 08-1980PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, District Judge.
Tsegaye Takele, a black male and citizen of Ethiopia, sued his employer, the Mayo Clinic (“Mayo”), for discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, retaliation, and defamation. The district court 2 granted summary judgment in favor of Mayo on all claims. Takele appeals the court’s grant of summary judgment on the discrimination and retaliation claims. We affirm.
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In November 2002, Takele, who has his Ph.D. in physics, applied for admission to the Medical Physics Residency Program (“Residency…
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