Dodgen v. AARP

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LAURINDA DODGEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 21-cv-00086 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood AARP, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Laurinda Dodgen, an African-American woman over the age of forty, claims that while working for Defendant AARP she suffered discrimination because of her race, gender, and age. Accordingly, she has sued AARP pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1981

(“Section 1981”); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.; and the Age Discrimination…