Sowards, 203 F.3d at 431 (citation omitted). Butler County has presented evidence that Harris’s admitted violation of the associations policy led to his resignation and that Harris therefore would have been asked to resign or be terminated even if he had not engaged in any protected conduct. Harris also stated that he knew he could be terminated for his contacts with Holland. Butler County’s interest in preventing exploitative relationships between its employees and former inmates constitutes a legitimate reason supporting Harris’s termination. Harris has not come forward with evidence permitting the trier of fact to conclude that Butler County would not have terminated him absent protected conduct on Harris’s part. See Garvey v. Montgomery, 128 Fed.Appx. 453, 463 (6th Cir.2005) (<HOLDING>); Driggers v. City of Owensboro, 110 Fed.Appx.
holding that the plaintiff was precluded from raising the issue for the first time on appeal holding that evidence of misconduct or a deficient work performance record precluded the plaintiff from establishing a genuine issue of material fact such that a reasonable juror could find for the plaintiff holding that plaintiff failed to show genuine issue of material fact on equitable estoppel claim holding that dispute regarding material fact is genuine if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party holding that there was a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment