Opinion ID: 2811504
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Lack of assistance and false reports

Text: Next, Valderaz advances that his female coworkers refused to give him proper assistance and lodged false reports against him because he reported their harassing conduct. These incidents do not qualify as materially adverse because they were committed by ordinary employees and were not committed in furtherance of UMC’s business. 4 See Hernandez, 670 F.3d at 657 (citing 4Valderaz refers to his female coworkers interchangeably as both his “coworkers” and his “supervisors.” His assertion that their title as “charge nurses” makes them supervisors is conclusory. There is no evidence in this record that they were supervisors. See Long v. Eastfield Coll., 88 F.3d 300, 306 (5th Cir. 1996) (stating that supervisors have power over employment status). In fact, as mentioned by the district court, this Court has 8 Case: 14-10761 Document: 00513091787 Page: 9 Date Filed: 06/24/2015 No. 14-10761 Long v. Eastfield Coll., 88 F.3d 300, 306 (5th Cir. 1996) (holding that employers are not liable for conduct of ordinary employees, because an ordinary employee’s conduct “will normally be so unrelated to the employer’s business that it cannot be deemed ‘in furtherance’ thereof”)).