Opinion ID: 3030879
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Upshur

Text: Upshur testified to two incidents that she believed were retaliatory: her manager (1) wrongly accused her of violating Amtrak’s attendance policy, and (2) issued a written reprimand for improperly communicating with a coworker during a designated rest period. For the attendance policy violation, Upshur testified that, when her manager approached her about the issue, she told him that he was mistaken, and he reviewed the policy and admitted his error. He took no formal action against her. As to the reprimand, Upshur has not denied its allegations, nor does it appear that the reprimand affected Upshur’s employment in any material way. Moreover, she produced no evidence linking it to her EEOC complaint, which was filed a year before the incident. Thus, she cannot make out a prima facie case of retaliation.