Brackett v. Kelly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CINDY BRACKETT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 17-988 (JEB) ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION “In law,” satirist Samuel Butler observed, “nothing is certain but the expense.” Butler, unfortunately, was not quite right. In this employment dispute, the expenses, too, escape agreement. After a partial grant of summary judgment and half a year of negotiations, the Department of Homeland Security and Plaintiff Cindy Brackett have settled the latter’s claim of disability…