Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. You should write an incorrect option. Even though there exist multiple wrong answers, we only need a single wrong answer. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Input: Duviella challenges the process used by JetBlue to investigate sexual harassment allegations against him, and he disputes the accuracy of the conclusions reached. "In a discrimination case, however, we are decidedly not interested in the truth of the allegations against plaintiff. We are interested in what 'motivated the employer.' " McPherson v. New York City Dep't of Educ., 457 F.3d 211, 216 (2d Cir.2006) (quoting United States Postal Serv. Bd. of Governors v. Aikens, 460 U.S. 711, 716, 103 S.Ct. 1478, 75 L.Ed.2d 403 (1983) (emphasis omitted)). Duviella has not adduced any evidence tending to demonstrate that JetBlue's procedures or sanctions were influenced by his age or race. This is fatal to his discharge claim. See, e.g., Graham v. Long Island, R.R., 230 F.3d 34, 44 (2d Cir.2000) (<HOLDING>); Brewer v. Quaker State Oil Refining Corp., 72
Holding statements: (A) holding that the plaintiffs assessment of the candidates qualifications cannot demonstrate a pretext for discrimination (B) holding that where the appellant has failed to demonstrate error the court is not required to search the record for an error (C) holding that even if plaintiff could demonstrate that failed drug test proffered by defendant as ground for dismissal was in error that showing would not demonstrate that reliance on test was pretext for discrimination (D) holding the burden is on the defendant to demonstrate the error satisfies each prong of the plain error test (E) holding that a defendant must demonstrate that he would not have pled guilty but for the error
Output:
holding that the plaintiffs assessment of the candidates qualifications cannot demonstrate a pretext for discrimination