Thornberry v. Powell County Detention Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION (at Lexington) MINDY THORNBERRY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 5: 20-271-DCR ) V. ) ) POWELL COUNTY DETENTION ) MEMORANDUM OPINION CENTER, et al., ) AND ORDER ) Defendants. ) *** *** *** *** Mindy Thornberry was a substance abuse counselor at the Powell County Detention Center. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she refused to come to work absent new precautions to prevent the workplace spread of COVID-19. On April 1, 2020, Thornberry was terminated from her position. She now alleges violations of the…