Suarez v. Illinois Valley Community College

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Plaintiff Sue Suarez has filed this civil rights suit alleging that she was terminated from her secretarial position at the Illinois Valley Community College (“IVCC”) because she became pregnant. Her complaint, though stated in eight counts, is brought under four substantive laws. Counts I and IV allege violations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (“PDA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k), amending Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; Counts II and V seek relief under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §…