Thomas Johnson v. Doug Collins, Secretary, United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION THOMAS JOHNSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:23 C 04686 ) DOUG COLLINS, Secretary, United States ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer Department of Veterans’ Affairs, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER For nearly twenty years, Captain Thomas Johnson was a police officer at the Edward Hines, Jr., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) facility in suburban Chicago. Johnson has long complained of discrimination at the Hines facility; he previously brought two federal lawsuits, both of which were settled, and…