Legal Opinion
Lapka v. Chertoff
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 29, 2008No. 06-4099PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Leah Lapka is an adjudication officer of the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Lapka alleges that she was raped by a fellow DHS employee while she was attending mandatory training sessions at a Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). She believes that the DHS failed to adequately investigate the assault and failed to take reasonable steps to protect her from further harm. Instead of helping her, Lapka claims that the DHS improperly denied her access to investigative reports and began retaliating…
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