Tricia Pauze v. State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TRICIA PAUZE, Plaintiff, v. OPINION and ORDER STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF 25-cv-1042-jdp CORRECTIONS, Defendant. Plaintiff Tricia Pauze brought this Title VII action alleging that defendant State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) terminated her because of her sex. DOC moves to dismiss the case under the doctrine of claim preclusion, asserting that Pauze could have and did allege sex discrimination in the context of asserting in both administrative proceedings and on review by a state court that DOC did…