Lyons v. Washington State Department of Social and Human Services

1 HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT TACOMA 8 TRINA LYONS, CASE NO. 3:18-cv-05874-RBL 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION 10 v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 WASHINGTON STATE DKT. # 17 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND 12 HEALTH SERVICES, 13 Defendant. 14 INTRODUCTION 15 THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant Washington State Department of 16 Social and Health Services’ Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff Trina Lyons, an African 17 American woman, applied for a position as a social services investigator at DSHS but was 18…