Opinion ID: 2791136
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Plaintiff’s Second EEO Complaint

Text: On March 18, 2011, Plaintiff filed a second EEO complaint, alleging that Johnson had discriminated against her on the basis of her gender, national origin, and religion, and retaliated against her based on her prior EEO activity. In her 3 Case: 13-14477 Date Filed: 04/02/2015 Page: 4 of 14 second complaint, Plaintiff cited sixteen incidents that allegedly occurred between February 2010 and March 2011 as evidence of the discrimination and retaliation she experienced. For example, Plaintiff claimed that shortly after she filed her complaint, Johnson spoke to her in a threatening manner, raised his voice, and stared at her during a conversation about his plan to take away her Tuesday morning clinic. Plaintiff also claimed that her locked office was searched, and her papers were packed and taken away, while she was on annual leave in July 2010. When Plaintiff returned, Johnson told Plaintiff, in a threatening tone, that it was illegal and violated hospital policy for her to leave patient information lying around in her office. Other incidents cited in support of Plaintiff’s second EEO complaint included Johnson: downgrading Plaintiff’s performance rating in December 2010 in a review that included “intimidating” comments suggesting that Plaintiff should have more opportunities to instruct residents and establish her own research program, harassing Plaintiff via email about a “missing” camera he knew she properly possessed, removing a program from Plaintiff’s computer, speaking to Plaintiff in a “very rude and very demeaning, very belittling manner,” forcing Plaintiff to choose between two offices and assigning her the smallest office, forcing Plaintiff to remove a post-it note from her door and a towel covering her door threshold because they were fire hazards, ignoring Plaintiff’s emails and 4 Case: 13-14477 Date Filed: 04/02/2015 Page: 5 of 14 questions, accusing Plaintiff of taking pictures of patients without consent, criticizing Plaintiff’s care of patients in two group meetings, falsely accusing Plaintiff of training deficiencies, and falsely telling Plaintiff she could not return to work without a doctor’s note after being out on sick leave.