Lorraine Carrethers v. John McHugh

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Lorraine Carrethers, a black female, was employed by the Department of the Army (the Army) as a civilian information-technology (IT) specialist. After the Army terminated her employment in 2013, a decision later affirmed by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Carrethers filed this action against the Secretary of the Army. She alleges that she was discharged in retaliation for (1) engaging in activity protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (Title VII), and (2) making disclosures protected under the Whistleblowers…