Legal Opinion
Overman v. City of East Baton Rouge
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided September 22, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 13-614-SCRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHEN C. RIEDLINGER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff April Overman filed this action against defendants City of East Baton *758Rouge (hereafter, “City”) and Mayor Melvin “Kip” Holden (hereafter, “Mayor”)1 under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law (“LEDL”), which both prohibit discrimination in employment based on sex. 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2; LSA-R.S. 23:332. Plaintiff claimed the defendants’ decision to not hire her as Baton Rouge police chief in 2011 was because she is female.
For the reasons that follow, which shall constitute the…
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