Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Illinois Department of Transportation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 19, 2016No. 12 C 1789PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Honorable Thomas M. Durkin, United States District Judge
Plaintiff DeMarco Nichols filed this lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, against the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois Department of Central Management System (CMS). IDOT is Nichols.’s former employer, and CMS is a state agency with responsibility for overseeing and implementing the state civil service and personnel code.1 After ten years of employment, IDOT terminated Nichols effective June 4, 2008 for *1111violation of IDOT’s policy against workplace violence. Nichols is…
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