Alcequeire v. Human Rights Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Jude Alcequeire appeals the dismissal of his racial discrimination claim by the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission). The sole issue on appeal is whether the decision of the Commission dismissing petitioner’s claim by reason of a lack of substantial evidence was an abuse of discretion or arbitrary and capricious. We affirm the Commission’s decision.

Petitioner, a black male, was hired as a computer operator with the Cook County Management Information System (MIS) on August 8, 1985, suspended on August 26, 1992, and…