ADEA Violation

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Joel M. Reinebold v. Steve Bruce, et al.,

Case No.: 21-1092

Officials: KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ADEA Violation

Joel Reinebold applied to be the head baseball coach of Indiana University South Bend (“IUSB”). After IUSB declined to hire Reinebold, he sued IUSB, Athletic Director Steve Bruce, and Assistant Athletic Director Tom Norris under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed all of Reinebold’s claims with his concession except for his § 1983 claims against Bruce and Norris in their individual capacities. Bruce and Norris then moved for summary judgment on the remaining claims. The district court ruled in favor of Bruce and Norris, granting them summary judgment on both claims because Reinebold did not identify a suitable comparator and did not show that he was intentionally treated differently because of his age. We agree with the district court and therefore affirm.

Affirmed
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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.