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nondiscriminatory reasons were a mere
" pretext " and actually " discriminatory animus motivated the employer " to
terminate Cirelli's employment based
exclusively on his age and not mixed
with other factors. To reiterate a basic
requirement in an ADEA claim, " a
plaintiff must show age discrimination
was the 'but-for' cause of the adverse
action, not merely a motivating factor. "
The city had argued that Leonetti terminated Cirelli because Cirelli had " presented a budget plan that Leonetti deemed
'absurd.' " In response, Cirelli claimed he
had created this budget " at Leonetti's express direction. " Moreover, Cirelli pointed
to the fact that his December 2011 budget
proposal did not affect Leonetti's approval
of his rehiring for the 2012 season.
In the opinion of the federal district
court, this evidence cast reasonable
doubt on whether the city's articulated
legitimate nondiscriminatory reason,
i.e., the " absurd " budget proposal,
was the " true motivation " for Cirelli's
termination. As noted by the federal
district court, a " plaintiff may survive
summary judgment by submitting evidence from which a factfinder could
reasonably disbelieve the employer's
articulated legitimate reasons. " As a
result, the court denied the city's motion for summary judgment " on the basis of this proposed LNDR. "
The city's second LNDR focused
largely on the WBLA allegation against
Cirelli. Specifically, the city had argued
Leonetti terminated Cirelli, because he
" stalled in responding to legitimate inquiries " regarding the fund Cirelli controlled " relating to the beach patrol that
the city did not know about. " In particular, the city claimed Cirelli " solicited and
spent thousands of dollars in donations
made to the Wildwood Beach Patrol under the pretense of a 'Lifeguard Association' and refused to turn over the financial records for review. "
	

In response, Cirelli had clarified that
" the fund dealt with a beach patrol alumni association that was not actually associated with the city. " Moreover, Leonetti
had admitted that Cirelli, when asked

about this account, had " turned over
a checkbook and 'after a while' all the
books and records related to the fund. "
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