Maida Dzakula v. John McHugh
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Maida Dzakula appeals the district court’s dismissal of this action, which alleges that certain adverse employment actions by her employer, Defendant John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army, resulted from discrimination. Plaintiff had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, but she failed to list this action as an asset on her bankruptcy schedules. Only when Defendant moved to dismiss this action on the ground of judicial estoppel did Plaintiff amend her bankruptcy schedules to add this potential asset. The district court held that no evidence suggested…
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