Legal Opinion
Ross v. Blinken
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 5, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2024-2969Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KIMBERLY ROSS, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-02969 (CJN) MARCO RUBIO, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Kimberly Ross claims that her employer, the State Department, discriminated against her based on race, sex, and age, and also retaliated against her for protected conduct. The Government moves to dismiss; for the reasons below, the Court grants the Government’s motion. I. Background Ross, an African American woman born in 1970, was hired as the Director of the Office of Global Publishing Solutions at the State…
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