Legal Opinion
Adam Locke v. Mya Haessig
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 2015No. 13-1857PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Adam Locke sued defendant Mya Haessig, a state official, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Locke alleges Haessig is liable because of how she responded to his complaint that her subordinate, a parole officer, was sexually harassing Locke, a parolee. Locke has provided evidence that Haessig was told of the harassment, failed to intervene or investigate, and then threatened to retaliate against Locke for complaining.
The district court denied Haessig’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of…
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