Whether a party can be granted summary judgment after failing to cooperate in discovery and disobeying court rules, and whether a women's employee resource group constitutes an unlawful employment action based on gender

Can a party fail to cooperate in discovery, disobey court rules, interrupt the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green burden-shifting evidence approach and then be granted summary judgement? Was a General Motors ’ women ’s only employee resource group an unlawful D.E.I. initiative, policy, program, or practice that involved General Motors taking a negative employment action motivated by Julian Bates ’ gender or sex as a man? RELATED CASES Bates v. General Motors, No. 23-11071, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Judgement Entered October 16, 2024. Bates v. General Motors, No. 24-2004, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judgement Entered May 28, 2025. ii