NICOLE OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus STATE OF GEORGIA, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Defendant-Appellee., 52 F.4th 1327

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-The information the employee provided the employer amounted to nothing but vague or conclusory statements revealing an unspecified incapacity, and because such information was not enough to trigger an employer's duties under the Rehabilitation Act, the employee's claim that the employer discriminated against her by failing to provide her reasonable accommodations failed; [2]-Even assuming the employee established a prima facie case of retaliation and pregnancy discrimination, both claims still failed because she did not show that the employer's legitimate, non-retaliatory reasons for firing her, failing to return her reasonable accommodation paperwork or return to the office as requested, were pretextual.