Legal Opinion
Clifford v. Barnhart
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 2006No. 05-2437PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Joanne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“SSA”), and against Peter R. Clifford (“Clifford”) on his employment discrimination claims. Clifford contests the district court’s determination that he failed to generate a triable issue that SSA’s decision not to hire him for certain positions was motivated by discriminatory animus. After careful consideration, we affirm.
I. Background
From July 1974 to December 1995, Clifford worked for SSA as a Social Insurance Representative, a…
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