Legal Opinion
Philecia Barnes v. City of Cincinnati
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 22, 2005No. 03-4110, 04-3320PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MCKEAGUE, District Judge.
Phillip (now Philecia) Barnes (“Barnes”) was living as a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual in 1999 when he failed the probationary period required to become a police sergeant in the Cincinnati Police Department (“CPD”). Barnes passed the sergeants exam, but failed the probationary period after he was subjected to a rigorous training program. Barnes brought suit against the City of Cincinnati in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, claiming that his failure of probation was due to illegal sex discrimination based on his…
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