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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan found by a jury to have suffered workplace harassment.
Abdul Azimi asked the justices to take his case after a federal jury declined to award compensation despite concluding that he was subjected to an oppressive and hostile work environment at Jordan's Meats Inc. in Maine. Azimi said the harassment got worse after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Azimi, who was fired by the company, asked the justices to consider whether the U.S. District judge in the case was mistaken in dismissing his claim that his discharge was discriminatory. Azimi's lawyers also had asked the justices to consider whether the judge erred by refusing to allow jury instructions on consideration of punitive damages where the jury returned no compensatory damages.
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