Legal Opinion

Easterling v. State of Connecticut

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided May 5, 2011No. Civil Action 3:08-CV-0826 (JCH)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Doc. No. 106) AND DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Doc. No. 113)

JANET C. HALL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2004, the plaintiff, Cherie Easterling, applied to work as a Correction Officer (“CO”) with the defendant, State of Connecticut Department of Correction (the “DOC”). Easterling brings this action on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated applicants against the DOC, asserting that the DOC violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq. (“Title VII”), by using an employment…

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