context: Although plaintiff allege[d] that, because of the schedule revisions, he was forced to come in two hours early for his shift, 'a mere inconvenience' is not sufficiently adverse to sustain a prima facie case.") (citation omitted). More significantly, plaintiff cannot refute the defendant's legitimate reason for his transfer, namely, that the defendant complied with plaintiffs request that he not work under Mr. Wallace's supervision.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that plaintiff failed to establish that her transfer to another department was retaliatory as opposed to her employer's attempt to "diffuse a personality conflict."
citation_a.sentence: See Lofton v. Roskens, 743 F.Supp. 6, 10 (D.D.C.1990), aff'd, 950 F.2d 797 (D.C.Cir.1991) (holding that plaintiff failed to establish that her transfer to another department was retaliatory as opposed to her employer’s attempt to “diffuse a personality conflict.”); cf. Villines v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, AFL-CIO, 999 F.Supp. 97, 106 (D.D.C.1998) (holding that plaintiff established a prima facie claim of retaliation because the defendant’s failure to transfer her out of her abusive working environment could be viewed as an “adverse personnel action” and there was a causal link between the filing of plaintiffs complaint and the defendant’s failure to transfer her).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 999 F.Supp. 97, 106
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that plaintiff established a prima facie claim of retaliation because the defendant's failure to transfer her out of her abusive working environment could be viewed as an "adverse personnel action" and there was a causal link between the filing of plaintiffs complaint and the defendant's failure to transfer her
citation_b.sentence: See Lofton v. Roskens, 743 F.Supp. 6, 10 (D.D.C.1990), aff'd, 950 F.2d 797 (D.C.Cir.1991) (holding that plaintiff failed to establish that her transfer to another department was retaliatory as opposed to her employer’s attempt to “diffuse a personality conflict.”); cf. Villines v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, AFL-CIO, 999 F.Supp. 97, 106 (D.D.C.1998) (holding that plaintiff established a prima facie claim of retaliation because the defendant’s failure to transfer her out of her abusive working environment could be viewed as an “adverse personnel action” and there was a causal link between the filing of plaintiffs complaint and the defendant’s failure to transfer her).