Deskins v. Purdue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) SHARLENE DESKINS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 18-3147 (RBW) ) TOM VILSACK, 1 in his official ) capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, ) ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION The plaintiff, Sharlene Deskins, proceeding pro se, brings this civil action against the defendant, Tom Vilsack, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. (“Title VII”), and the Whistleblower Protection Act, 5…