By: Derek Hawkins//July 1, 2019//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Janice LaRiviere v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, et al.
Case No.: 18-3188
Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Wrongful Termination
Janice LaRiviere is an African‐ American woman who worked at Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville (“SIUE”) for fifteen years. After several conflicts with coworkers, LaRiviere was notified that she would not be reappointed to her position. Immediately afterwards, she was transferred to a new office with less than satisfactory conditions. She sued SIUE and her supervisors. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants on all claims. Because LaRiviere has not identified evidence that her ethnicity was the reason for her termination or of a causal connection between protected activity and her termination, we affirm.
Affirmed