Lavita H. Lykes v. Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION LAVITA H. LYKES PLAINTIFF v. No. 3:25-cv-368-BJB ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE DEFENDANT KENTUCKY COURTS * * * * * MEMORANDUM OPINION LaVita Lykes previously worked as a “Deputy Clerk with the Jefferson County Office of Circuit Court Clerk.” Letter from David L. Nicholson, Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk, to LaVita H. Lykes (Feb. 12, 2024) (filed by Lykes as DN 11-1 at 1). During her tenure, she says, she faced a campaign of “retaliation, harassment, intimidation, workplace bullying” and more “because of the fact” that…