Jones v. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEREK A. JONES, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 12-1454 (JEB) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION For over a decade, Plaintiff Derek Jones, who is black, worked as a recruiter for the District of Columbia’s water utility – the Water and Sewer Authority. He maintains that WASA terminated him in 2011 in retaliation for speaking up about what he believed to be discriminatory practices. The utility counters that Jones was fired for cause, pure and simple, and that his employment file – replete with…