DiCocco v. William P. Barr

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division JANE D. DICOCCO, MD, Plaintiff, V. Civil Action No. 3:19-cv-159 WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Defendant. OPINION In 2014, Dr. Jane D. DiCocco, a 67-year-old female, accepted a job as a psychiatrist for the United States Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”). The BOP required DiCocco, like all employees, to take a physical abilities test (“PAT”). DiCocco failed the PAT. Although BOP regulations allowed her to retake the test within 24 hours, DiCocco declined to do so. The…