Willie Wright v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Willie Wright, who suffers from a speech impediment, sued Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division (MLGW), his employer, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for alleged disability discrimination when Wright sought, but was not chosen for, the position of Customer Service Tech III. Wright now appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of MLGW. Because Wright failed to show that MLGWs legitimate reasons for denying Wright’s promotion to Tech III — including three certification ride failures with different evaluators — were a pretext for…
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