Gilmore-Lee v. Perdue

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI WESTERN DIVISION APRIL GILMORE-LEE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 4:20-cv-00408-DGK ) TOM VILSACK,1 ) SECRETARY, UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT This employment case arises from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) failure to promote Plaintiff April Gilmore-Lee to the role of Chief of the Policy Administration Branch for Product Management (“Branch Chief”) in the Kansas City office. As a…