Opinion ID: 2791136
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Heading: Plaintiff’s First EEO Complaint

Text: In a November 2009 performance evaluation, Johnson gave Plaintiff a “high satisfactory” rating for the preceding year. The 2009 rating was lower than the “outstanding” designation Plaintiff had received in the two prior years, and resulted in a smaller salary increase. After complaining to Lin, who told Plaintiff that he could not do anything about the rating, Plaintiff filed an EEO complaint in January 2010. In her complaint, Plaintiff alleged that Johnson had discriminated against her on the basis of her gender, national origin, and religion. According to Plaintiff, Johnson’s mistreatment of her “got much worse” after she filed the EEO complaint. Johnson became hostile toward Plaintiff, would not talk to her, and sent embarrassing messages to her through nurses. In addition, Plaintiff claims that other employees in the section started to avoid her after she filed the complaint. As a result, Plaintiff became severely stressed at work and withdrew her EEO complaint in March 2010.