Rice v. City Of Cincinnati

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:19-CV-00209 (WOB-SKB) LAYNE RICE, PLAINTIFF, VS. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER CITY OF CINCINNATI. DEFENDANT. This is an employment dispute brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et. seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981A, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and Ohio Revised Code § 4112.99 by an African American male who alleges that he was disparately impacted by the City of Cincinnati’s (“the City”) felon disqualification policy and retaliated against when the City did not hire him following…