Banks v. Conner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) DENISE A. BANKS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 07-cv-01807 (APM) ) SONNY PERDUE, 1 U.S. Secretary of ) Agriculture, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Denise Banks brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Defendant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA” or “Defendant”), alleging, among other things, that she was discriminatorily removed from her Senior…