Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Vilsack
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 15, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-0498PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Kevin Crowley filed this lawsuit against Tom Vilsack, former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA” or “Defendant”), under the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits federal employers from discriminating and retaliating against employees based on a disability. See 29 U.S.C. § 794(a); 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b). 1 Plaintiff alleges that his employer, the USDA, retaliated against him by placing him on a Performance Improvement Plan (“PIP”) in response to his request for a workplace…
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