Opinion ID: 6499669
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Evidence of Grayer’s Motive

Text: Finally, we turn to Grayer and the solo RIP track assignment. Lesiv’s evidence would not support a reasonable inference that a desire to retaliate against Lyubomir drove Grayer to assign Lesiv to work the RIP track alone. All a jury would have to support a ﬁnding of causation is the two-and-a-halfyear gap between Lyubomir’s charge of discrimination and Lesiv’s solo RIP track assignment, and the nearly one-year gap between the lawsuit and the assignment. That evidence is not enough to pose a genuine dispute of fact and defeat summary judgment on causation. Accord, Igasaki, 988 F.3d at 959 (without more, evidence of two-month gap between protected activities and adverse action did not defeat summary judgment on retaliation claim). To sum up, Lesiv has not met his burden on causation to support the reasonable inference that he faced materially adverse actions because of his or his brother’s activities protected by Title VII. Illinois Central was entitled to summary judgment on both claims. AFFIRMED.