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_________________________ ( M ay 11, 2006) ( A s A m e n d e d A u gu s t 31, 2006)Honora ble Alfre d T. Goodwin, United States Circuit Judg e for the Ninth Circuit, sitt ing * by designation. 2 B efo re T JO F L A T , B A R K E T T an d G O O D W IN , C i rcu i tJu d g es. * P E R C U R I A M: F e de r a l E xpr e s s ( " F e dE x" ) appe a l s aj uryve r di c tf i ndi ng i n f

a vorof T he odor e M a i ne s , i t s one t i m e e m pl oy e e on hi s c l a i m of r e t a l i a t i on i n vi ol a t i on of T i t l e V I I . F e dE x a s s e rt s tha ti tw a s e nt i t l e d t o aj udgm e nti n i t s f a vora s am a tt e rof l aw . T h e E q u al E m p l o ym en tO p p o rtu n i ty C o m m i ssi o n ("E E O C ") ap p eal s, a s s e rt i ng tha tthe di s tr i c tc ourtabus e d i t s di s c r e t i on w he n i tde ni e d M a i ne s ’ m ot i on f orf r ontpa y , l i m i t i ng hi s a w a r d t o ba c kpa ya nd c om pe ns a t oryda m a ge s . T he E E O C f u rth e rap p e a ls th e d is tr ic t c o u rt's d e n ia l o f n e a r lya ll th e in

ju n c tiv e r e lie f

it r e q u e s te d . W e f

in d n o r e v e r s ib le e rr o r . F i r s t , j udgm e nta s am a tt e rof l a w s houl d be gr a nt e d onl yw he n, vi e w i ng the e vi de nc e i n the l i ghtm os tf a vor abl e t o the nonm ovi ng pa rty , the f a c t s a nd i nf e r e nc e s poi nts o s tr ongl y i n f a vorof one pa rtytha tr e a s onabl e pe r s ons c oul d not a rr i ve a tac ontr a ry ve r di c t . S e e C a s t l e v. S a nga m o W e s t on, I nc . , 837 F . 2d 1550, 1 5 5 8 ( 1 1 th C ir . 1 9 8 8 ) . W e d o n o t f in d th a t to b e th e c a s e h e r e . W h e n v ie w e d in the l i ghtm os tf

a vor abl e t o M a i ne s , the e vi de nc e w a s s uf f i c i e ntt o s upportthe ju ry ’s f in d in g o f r e ta lia tio n .3

W e a l so fi nd no m er i tt o M ai nes’ cl ai m for f rontpay. P re vai l i ng T i t l e V II pl a i nt i f f s a r e pr e s um pt i ve l y e nt i t l e d t o e i the rr e i ns t a t e m e ntorf r ontpa ya s pa rtof T i t l e V II ’ s r em edi al “ m ake w ho l e” po l i cy . T he di stri ctcourtprop er l y hel d that r e in s ta te m e n t w a s n o t f

e a s ib le in th is c a s e . M o r e o v e r , w e d o n o t f in d th a t th e f

a c ts o n th is q u e s tio n a r e s o o v e rw h e lm in g lys k e w e d to w a r d M a in e s th a t ar e a s o n ab le j ud ge coul d n othave foun d thatthe pres um pt i on i n M ai nes’ fa vo r had been ov er com e. F i na l l y , w e f

i nd no abus e of

di s c r e t i on i n the de ni a l of the E E O C ’ s c l a i m f

or in ju n c tiv e r e lie f

. T h is C o u rt h a s in d ic a te d its a g r e e m e n t w ith th e S e v e n th C ir c u it that“ the E E O C i s norm al l y e nt i t l ed t o i nj un ct i ve re l i ef w here i tprov es di s c r i m i na t i on a ga i ns tone e m pl oy e e a nd the e m pl oy e rf a i l s t o pr ove tha tthe vi ol at i on i s notl i kel y t o rec ur. ” M as se y Y ar dl ey , 11 7 F . 3d 12 44 , 12 53 (11th C i r. 1 9 9 7 ) ( c itin g E E O C v . H a rr is C h e rn in , 1 0 F .3 d 1 2 8 6 , 1 2 9 1 ( 7 th C ir . 1 9 9 3 ) ) . M i nd ful of the prop hyl ac t i c purpo se s of the such re l i ef , the courtconcl ud ed that

“ the vi ol at i on i s notl i kel y t o rec ur, ” s t at i ng thatthe re t al i at i on “ w as an i sol at ed i nc i de ntby as i ngl e m a na ge rw ho i s no l onge re m pl oy e d byF e dE x. ” W e f i nd no e rr ori n tha tde t e rm i na t i on. AF F I RME D.