Brownlee v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Matthew Brownlee had been working as an Electrical Mechanic Apprentice (“EMA”) for the City of Chicago just under four years when the City abruptly fired him for allegedly violating its residency requirement. Brownlee’s Union protested both the manner of and reasons for Brown-lee’s discharge through the collectively bargained grievance and arbitration process, to no avail. The arbitrator ruled for the City, finding that Brownlee’s discharge was proeedurally sound under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) and that the CBA…