the third element of the prima facie case-the causal connection-is a much closer question. Plaintiff contends that the element is satisfied because her termination closely followed her April 2002 complaint. Less than one month after she made her informal complaint, she was terminated. The termination decision was made in part by the same manager, Mr. Kinigopolous, who heard the complaints. Supporting Plaintiffs position is Fourth Circuit authority which recognizes that knowledge of an employee discrimination complaint, combined with the temporal proximity of the complaint and the termination, is sufficient to establish the “less onerous burden” of proving causal connection for the purpose of establishing a prima facie case. See Price v. Thompson, 380 F.3d 209, 212 (4th Cir.2004) (<HOLDING>); Carter v. Ball, 33 F.3d 450, 460 (4th
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