Legal Opinion
Lonnie Davis, Jr. v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Thomas E. Karlen, and Kathryn Long
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 27, 2006No. 05-1946PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Lonnie Davis, Jr. is an African-American who has worked for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”) at its Jackson Correctional Institution (“JCI”) in Black River Falls since 1997. He began his employment as a correctional officer and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1999. Following allegations that he harassed a female coworker in 2001, the DOC — acting through defendants Thomas Karlen (JCI’s warden) and Kathryn Long (JCI’s human resources director) — demoted Davis to the rank of “Correctional Officer B.” Davis sued the DOC, Karlen, and Long (among others…
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