Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Government of the District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 7, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2015-0521PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
■ Happily ensconced in the District of Columbia’s new Consolidated Forensic Sciences Laboratory, the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) decided that all employees stationed there had to take a drug test as a condition of continued employment. Plaintiff Patricia Lewis, formerly employed as a human-resources adviser with OCME, balked. Objecting on privacy grounds, she refused to take the test and was fired nine months later. She then brought this suit against the District, former Mayor Vincent Gray, and a number of…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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