Legal Opinion
Zokari v. Gates
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 17, 2009No. 18-3121PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Sunday A. Zokari is an African-American man born in Nigeria but a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was hired by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) in May 2000 as an auditor-trainee in Oklahoma City. He was terminated on February 26, 2001, during his one-year probationary period.
Mr. Zokari brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging (1) discrimination based on his race and national origin and (2) retaliation for refusing to take an English class…
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