Free Motion to Supplement - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:04-cv-00558-MSK-OES

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO __________________________________________________________________ Civil Action No. 1:04-cv-00558 (MSK)(OES) DEBORAH DIXON, Plaintiff, vs. DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, Defendant.

________________________________________________________________________ PLAINTIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITIES TO RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION ________________________________________________________________________ Plaintiff, by and through her attorney, Karen Larson, hereby supplements her authorities to her Response to Motion for Summary Adjudication as follows: 1. Gunnell v. Utah Valley State Coll. 152 F. 3d 1253, 1264 (10th Cir. 1998): This case states a hostile work environment by co-workers is an adverse action meeting the second prong of a retaliation case. 2. Chavez v. New Mexico, 397 F. 3d 826, 833-836 (10th Cir. 2005) states that facially neutral abusive conduct and evidence of general ridicule by co-workers supports a finding of racial animus sufficient to sustain a claim of hostile work environment when viewed in the context of other racially discriminatory conduct. 3. O'Shea v. Yellow Tech Servs., Inc. 185 F. 3d 1093, 1098, 1101-02 (10th Cir. 1999): States comments need not be directed toward plaintiff first hand to contribute to a

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hostile work environment. DATED this 18th day of October, 2005.

Respectfully submitted,

s/Karen Larson________ Karen Larson Karen Larson 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 711 Denver, CO 80203 Telephone:303-831-4404 FAX: 303-830-8843 Email: [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I certify that on this 11th day of October, 2005 I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following email addresses: [email protected] s/Karen Larson________ Karen Larson Karen Larson 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 711 Denver, CO 80203 Telephone:303-831-4404 FAX: 303-830-8843 Email: [email protected]

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