United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1821 JEBARI CRAIG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WROUGHT WASHER MANUFACTURING, INC., Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 2:19-cv-01786 — Brett H. Ludwig, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED JANUARY 18, 2024 — DECIDED JULY 16, 2024 ____________________

Before RIPPLE, BRENNAN, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Jebari Craig worked for Wrought Washer Manufacturing, Inc. (“Wrought”) from December 2010 until his termination in April 2019. He brought this Title VII action alleging that Wrought retaliated against him for fil- ing a racial discrimination grievance. The complaint identi- fied three instances of retaliation, but this appeal concerns only one of those claims: that he was unlawfully terminated in retaliation for fili