Gale v. Bridgeport

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOHN R. GALE, No. 3:19-cv-00631 (MPS) Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Defendant. RULING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Lieutenant John Gale, a Caucasian police officer, brings racial discrimination and retaliation claims against Defendant, the City of Bridgeport (the “City”), under Title VII and

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46(a)-60(b)(1), (b)(4). Gale claims that Lieutenant Jeffrey Grice, an Afircan-American and the Commander of the Bridgeport Police Academy, terminated him from his teaching position at the Academy on…