Tang v. Rhode Island, Department of Elderly Affairs

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This is an action alleging employment discrimination based on race, color, and national origin. The defendants have made a motion, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), to dismiss the plaintiffs claims that are based on her 1989 termination. The defendants argued that, under the doctrine of res judicata, a prior stipulated arbitration award barred the plaintiffs current federal civil rights claims relating to that termination. Since all the plaintiffs allegations must be accepted as true, the defendant’s motion to dismiss is denied for the…