Alfred W. Comer, Jr. v. Frazier

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana denied Alfred W. Comer, Jr.'s motion for reconsideration of summary judgment entered in favor of Food Service Manager Shamika Frazier. The court held that Comer merely reasserted arguments and evidence previously considered and did not challenge the alternative basis that Frazier had shown he would have been fired regardless of any retaliatory motive.

Holdings

1. Reconsideration was not warranted because Comer merely rehashed evidence and arguments that the court had already considered and addressed in its summary judgment order.
2. Reconsideration was unwarranted because, even assuming sufficient evidence of causation, summary judgment remained proper on the unchallenged alternative ground that Comer would have been fired regardless of any improper motive.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Comer established a valid basis for reconsideration by relying on evidence and arguments that the court had already considered when granting summary judgment.
2. Whether reconsideration was warranted when the prior summary judgment order rested alternatively on the unchallenged conclusion that Comer would have been fired regardless of any retaliatory motive.

Disposition

other