Johnson v. University of Iowa

ORDER

LONGSTAFF, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff David Johnson brings this action asserting that defendant University of Iowa’s parental leave policy violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Iowa Civil Rights Act (“ICRA”), and the Equal Protection Clause of the Iowa Constitution. Specifically, Plaintiff asserts that the University’s parental leave policy illegally discriminates against biological fathers because it fails to provide them parental leave paid out of accumulated sick…