Baylor v. Yellen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KAREN BAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 17-2647 (TJK) JEROME H. POWELL, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Karen Baylor is an African-American woman who was employed as a benefits administrator for the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors. She interviewed for a vacant analyst position there, but the Board passed her up in favor of Christopher Benson, a fellow employee who was Caucasian. Shortly after Baylor reported her non-selection to the Board’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, she discovered that the Board had terminated…