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No. 14-1592
MICHAEL A. WATT,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
RAY MABUS, Secretary, Department of the Navy,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Liam OGrady, District
Judge. (1:12-cv-00128-LO-JFA)
Submitted:
Decided:
May 1, 2015
PER CURIAM:
Michael A. Watt appeals the district courts order granting
the
Secretary
Watts
claims.
Title
of
the
VII
Navys
motion
employment
for
summary
discrimination
and
judgment
on
retaliation
We affirm.
Smith v.
Gilchrist, 749 F.3d 302, 307 (4th Cir. 2014) (internal quotation
marks omitted).
Fed. R. Civ. P.
56(a).
Title
VII
prohibits
an
employer
from
discriminat[ing]
his
retaliation
shifting
framework
claim
established
in
under
the
McDonnell
familiar
Douglas
burdenCorp.
v.
the
burden
shifts
to
the
employer
to
establish
Price v.
If the employer
does so, the burden shifts back to the plaintiff to show that
the
employers
proffered
reasons
are
pretextual.
Id.
establishing
cause
of
the
that
alleged
motivating factor.
his
protected
adverse
activity
action
and
was
was
not
but-for
merely
claims
exceptional
through
the
circumstances,
administrative
this
Court
process.
generally
Absent
does
not
See In re
Watt offers no
explanation,
exceptional
or
otherwise,
for
his
failure
to
Accordingly, we
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
and
materials
legal
before
We dispense with
contentions
this
Court
are
and