Erickson v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, Chief Judge.

This is a civil action for monetary relief brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It arises out of a December 2001 incident in which plaintiff Georgia Erickson was sexually assaulted by an inmate who was working as a janitor at the Oregon Correctional Center, a facility operated by defendant Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Plaintiff contends that defendant Wisconsin Department of Corrections discriminated against her on the basis of hér sex by failing to prevent the sexual assault and that individual…