She continually received criticism, and about one year after she was hired, she was fired by the same person who originally had hired her. The court held that where the same individual both hires and fires the employee, there is a legal presumption that the firing is not discriminatory. The court reasoned that a manager who is biased against someone of a particular group would not hire someone from that group. This is good news for managers all over the country. Although the case applies only to the western states, other circuits have held the same.
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