he highlighted various items in Guerini's letter and sent it back to the Department of Labor and, subsequently, the claim rejection decision was reversed. Risher admits that he got compensated and reimbursed for his lost pay, and he returned to work. Risher believes, however, that because he challenged Guerini's report regarding his compensation claim, Defendant Gary Hibner, who was over Guerini in the supervisory chain-of-command, transferred Mr. Risher out of the Tracks instruction group to the Wheels group under the supervision of Defendant Bob Paliwoda. Mr. Risher believes he is best suited for Tracks.
With regard to other claims of "placement of false documents in Plaintiff's personnel file," Risher also points to a letter of reprimand put in his file by Defendant Paliwoda in 1988. Risher contends that he"medical" leave. Risher disputed not having called in on the mornings of his absence, and he further disputed the necessity for medical documentation since he was taking annual leave time, not medical leave time.
*1050 According to Mr. Risher, he successfully grieved Jach's 1992 AWOL letter and as a result, the AWOL was retracted.[9]

(3) Threats of dismissal based on personal animus

In paragraph 17(c) of Plaintiff's Complaint, Mr. Risher complains that some of the Defendants threatened him with dismissal out of personal animus.
He claims that he was told by a friend of his, Jerry Tucker, that, while having a drink at the Officers' of N.C.Os' Club, Tucker mentioned Risher to Defendant Ed Michaeli and Michaeli allegedly responded, "That son-of-a-bitch just got me a letter for five years in my personnel