Douglas v. Sauk Village, Illinois

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SONYA DOUGLAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 1:23-CV-14559 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang SAUK VILLAGE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER Sonya Douglas is a human-resources professional. R. 1 ¶ 1. As Douglas frames it, she was “employed” to provide “consulting” to Sauk Village in 2020, and entered into one-year contracts. Id. ¶¶ 1, 4, 13. In Fall 2022, Douglas reported to Sauk’s mayor and to others that tens of thousands of dollars were missing from the village’s coffers. Id. ¶ 23, 26. According to Douglas, the mayor and…