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Facts

• The Plaintiff, a Teacher Level III in the Special Education Department at an Albuquerque Public Schools middle school, alleged she was subjected to a hostile work environment and constructive discharge due to her age and race/national origin. She claimed mistreatment by three supervisors over a five-month period, including being given a directive, a letter of reprimand, and placed on a performance improvement plan, which she attributed to discriminatory treatment compared to younger, "Anglo" teachers (paras 2-4).

Procedural History

• District Court of Bernalillo County: Granted summary judgment in favor of the Defendant, dismissing the Plaintiff's claims (para 5).

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff: Argued that the district court erred in granting summary judgment because genuine issues of material fact exist, supporting her claims of a hostile work environment and constructive discharge due to discrimination based on age and race/national origin (para 1).
• Defendant: Contended that the Plaintiff failed to establish a hostile work environment or constructive discharge, providing non-discriminatory reasons for the actions taken against the Plaintiff and arguing that the Plaintiff's allegations did not meet the required legal standards (para 2).

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment by concluding there were no genuine issues of material fact regarding the Plaintiff's claims of a hostile work environment and constructive discharge based on age and race/national origin discrimination.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision, granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendant and dismissing the Plaintiff's claims (para 19).

Reasons

• The Court of Appeals, with Judges Julie J. Vargas, M. Monica Zamora, and Jacqueline R. Medina concurring, held that the Plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to support her claims of a hostile work environment and constructive discharge. The Court found that the Plaintiff did not establish a nexus between the alleged conduct and her protected status, nor did she demonstrate that the work environment was both objectively and subjectively hostile or abusive. The Court also concluded that the Plaintiff's allegations, even if true, did not rise to the level of severity required to support a hostile work environment claim and that the Plaintiff failed to show her working conditions were so intolerable that a reasonable person would feel compelled to resign, thus failing to establish a claim of constructive discharge (paras 6-18).