Jones v. Johanns

O’MALLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Danny Jones (“Jones”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Mike Johanns, the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) (“Appellee”), 1 on Jones’s claims for discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. Jones, an African-American male, is an employee of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (“NRCS”), an agency of the USDA. He alleges that he was the subject of racial discrimination and unlawful retaliation when…