Legal Opinion
Olen Gibson v. Timothy Geithner
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2015No. 13-2817PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Olen Gibson brought this employment discrimination case claiming racial and sexual harassment and retaliation against his former employer, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The district court 1 granted summary judgment to the IRS on all claims. Gibson now appeals on the retaliation claim. We affirm.
I
Gibson is an African-American male who was hired by the IRS on January 1, 2008, as a full-time seasonal tax examiner in Kansas City, Missouri. Gibson’s employment with the IRS was subject to the completion of a one-year probationary period.
In his job, Gibson coded and edited…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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