Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Village of Melrose Park
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 31, 2015No. 13-cv-03026PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Andrea R. Wood, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Blanca Figueroa claims that her former employer, the Village of Melrose Park (‘Village”), and its Chief of Police, Sam Pitassi, refused to allow her to join the Village’s police force because of her gender and race. Figueroa has sued the Village and Pitassi for this alleged discrimination and those defendants have now moved for summary judgment on all of the claims against them. (Dkt. No. 43.) For the reasons detailed below, the defendants’ motion is denied.
BACKGROUND
Figueroa, who is a Hispanic woman, was employed by the…
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