(U.S. 9th Cir., Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights,
Law, Labor & Employment Law) In a Title VII action for employment discrimination by a federal employee, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff was not required to specifically contact a person with the job title "Counselor" to meet 29 C.F.R. section 1614.105(a)(1)'s requirement that she contact an EEO counselor within 45 days of the alleged discrimination.
(U.S. 4th Cir., Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts,
Government Law, Labor & Employment Law) In a case brought by a police commissioner and his deputies following a highly public dispute with the mayor of Baltimore resulting in the termination of their employment, dismissal of the action is affirmed as, based on the facts alleged in the complaint, the complaint fails to articulate any claim for relief that is plausible on its face. Furthermore, the mayor, against whom the allegations of due process violations were directed, is entitled to qualified immunity.
Moses v. Howard Univ. Hosp.
(U.S. D.C. Cir., Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights,
Health Law, Labor & Employment Law) In an action against a hospital claiming retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where, even after he had filed for bankruptcy, plaintiff continued to hold himself out before the district court as a valid plaintiff, a position "clearly inconsistent" with his pursuit of relief in bankruptcy.
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