Legal Opinion
Williams v. Office of the Chief Judge of Cook County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 11, 2016No. Nos. 15-2325 & 15-2554PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Paula Williams was told she was fired from her position as a probation officer for abandoning her job. She brought this lawsuit alleging that she was actually fired for contesting a workers’ compensation claim, reporting another employee’s misconduct, being African-American, and reporting coworkers for racial hostility. Because Williams has failed to establish a material factual dispute as to any of her claims, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
I. BACKGROUND
Williams began working for the Juvenile Probation Department of the…
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