context: Pl.'s Dep. 228:15-21. Given the lack of corroboration of the alleged oral precondition, as well as the plaintiffs own testimony, at both his deposition and in his affidavit, acknowledging that, as a manager, he was no longer subject to union protection, the plaintiffs recollection of an oral precondition, without more, is insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact on which a reasonable jury could conclude that the plaintiffs at-will employment was specially conditioned for him to receive the graduated warnings prior to termination to which union members were entitled.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 520 F.Supp.2d 101, 105
citation_a.parenthetical: "Self-serving testimony does not create genuine issues of material fact, especially where that very testimony suggests that corroborating evidence should be readily available."
citation_a.sentence: See Burley, 801 F.3d at 298-99, 2015 WL 5474078, at *6 (finding that plaintiffs observations, without more, were insufficient to defeat summary judgment for employer); see also Turner v. Shinseki, 824 F.Supp.2d 99, 118 (D.D.C.2011) (“[W]hen considering a summary judgment motion ‘the Court need not rely on any conclu-sory allegations unsupported by factual [evidence].’ ”) (quoting Harris v. Wack-enhut Servs., Inc., 648 F.Supp.2d 53, 58 (D.D.C.2009)) (latter alteration in the original); Gen. Elec. Co. v. Jackson, 595 F.Supp.2d 8, 36 (D.D.C.2009) (observing that when a “declaration is self-serving and uncorroborated,” it is “of little value at the summary judgment stage”); Fields v. Office of Johnson, 520 F.Supp.2d 101, 105 (D.D.C.2007) (“Self-serving testimony does not create genuine issues of material fact, especially where that very testimony suggests that corroborating evidence should be readily available.”); Clampitt v. Am. Univ., 957 A.2d 23, 37 (D.C.2008) (finding plaintiff could not “avoid summary judgment” with claimed oral agreement regarding term of employment since “the inferences she asked the court to draw had to be based on more than speculation” and “[s]he was not entitled to avoid summary judgment by merely asserting that the jury might, and legally could, disbelieve the defendants” since “ ‘the mere possibility of disbelief is not enough to avoid summary judgment.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 2015 WL 5474078, at *6
citation_b.parenthetical: finding that plaintiffs observations, without more, were insufficient to defeat summary judgment for employer
citation_b.sentence: See Burley, 801 F.3d at 298-99, 2015 WL 5474078, at *6 (finding that plaintiffs observations, without more, were insufficient to defeat summary judgment for employer); see also Turner v. Shinseki, 824 F.Supp.2d 99, 118 (D.D.C.2011) (“[W]hen considering a summary judgment motion ‘the Court need not rely on any conclu-sory allegations unsupported by factual [evidence].’ ”) (quoting Harris v. Wack-enhut Servs., Inc., 648 F.Supp.2d 53, 58 (D.D.C.2009)) (latter alteration in the original); Gen. Elec. Co. v. Jackson, 595 F.Supp.2d 8, 36 (D.D.C.2009) (observing that when a “declaration is self-serving and uncorroborated,” it is “of little value at the summary judgment stage”); Fields v. Office of Johnson, 520 F.Supp.2d 101, 105 (D.D.C.2007) (“Self-serving testimony does not create genuine issues of material fact, especially where that very testimony suggests that corroborating evidence should be readily available.”); Clampitt v. Am. Univ., 957 A.2d 23, 37 (D.C.2008) (finding plaintiff could not “avoid summary judgment” with claimed oral agreement regarding term of employment since “the inferences she asked the court to draw had to be based on more than speculation” and “[s]he was not entitled to avoid summary judgment by merely asserting that the jury might, and legally could, disbelieve the defendants” since “ ‘the mere possibility of disbelief is not enough to avoid summary judgment.