Steven Brye v. William Brakebush, Nancy Brakebush, Carl Brakebush, and Brakebush Brothers, Inc.

ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Steven Brye appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District, Shabaz, J., granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing Brye’s Title VII employment discrimination claim. The district court held that Brye was precluded from litigating his Title VII claim in federal court under the common law doctrine of res judicata. Specifically, the court held that a Wisconsin Circuit Court’s dismissal of Brye’s petition for review of an adverse decision by the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (“LIRC”)…