Legal Opinion
Salas v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2007No. 06-2483PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
On March 19, 2004, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”) terminated Francisco Salas, an eighteen-year employee. Claiming that his termination was motivated by discriminatory and retaliatory motives, Salas filed suit against the DOC and several individual defendants alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 & e-3, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 25, 2006, the district court granted the defendants summary judgment, holding that Salas could not bring his Title VII claims because he did not timely file them with the…
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