An employer who filed a bill of costs four months after the Roanoke U.S. District Court granted summary judgment in plaintiff’s employment discrimination suit did not file an untimely request for attorney’s fees, and the court grants defendant costs of ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff, an Asian male of Vietnamese descent, who was terminated from his job as a part-time letter carrier after he failed to comply with demands that he stopped sending unwanted messages to a female coworker, loses his Title VII suit ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An African-American Army veteran who served as a Navy supervisory logistics specialist at Quantico has raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether allegations of workplace harassment  – uses of the n-word, including writing on his vehicle and ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A pro se plaintiff may not sue the Virginia Department of Transportation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for its alleged failure to accommodate her mold allergy when she worked in VDOT’s Lynchburg facility, as VDOT has 11th Amendment immunity ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In plaintiff’s suit alleging discriminatory termination and retaliation in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant’s request for a protective order against plaintiff, based on allegations that plaintiff has sent harassing text messages to ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Seventh Day Adventist and former assistant manager at a Mini Price Storage facility who alleges his supervisor complained he was not a “team player” and “would never advance within the company” if he did not give up his Saturday ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A male plaintiff who seeks employment as an FBI Special Agent and who failed to perform the 30 push-ups required of male New Agent Trainees wins summary judgment in his suit alleging defendant FBI’s gender-normed physical fitness test, under which ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s complaint for specific performance of an administrative settlement agreement of her employment discrimination claim, based on defendant U.S. Air Force’s elimination of her position as deputy director of physics and electronics; the district ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A pharmacist who complains about the “negativity” of employer’s communications about his work performance and instances of alleged harassment and retaliation, has failed to state claims under Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Richmond U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An African-American female restaurant hostess cannot sue for Title VII hostile environment based on two instances of a coworker allegedly scolding her and calling her a “porch monkey” twice in two days, nor can she show retaliation for her termination ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Paul V. Niemeyer