SUNDAY IYOHA, APPELLANT v. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, APPELLEE, 927 F.3d 561

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-The district court erred in granting summary judgment for a federal agency employer on an employee's claims of national origin discrimination pursuant to 2 U.S.C.S. § 1311, stemming from the employer's denial of two promotions, because a reasonable jury could find the final decision-maker's comments revealed unlawful bias toward him in addition to other evidence of bias in the selection process, including bias against foreign accents by an interviewer on the selection panel, his previous removal from a branch for his foreign accent, and the employer's inability to produce the memorandum justifying the decision to hire another candidate.