Jordan v. United States

Claim under the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d); motion for partial dismissal; statute of limitations set out in 29 U.S.C. § 255(a) not jurisdictional; motion for summary judgment; single-comparator case; defense based upon merit-based system and consideration of comparator’s prior salary

OPINION AND ORDER 1

LETTOW, Judge.

Plaintiff, Marlene Jordan, an employee of the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), alleges that she has been subjected to gender-based discrimination in pay in violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (“Equal Pay Act”), 29 U.S.C.…