Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Illinois Department of Central Management Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 27, 2013No. 12-3228PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Michael Sanders appeals the jury verdict in favor of his former employer, the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS), in this employment-discrimination suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 to 12213. We affirm.
Sanders was fired from his job as a data-processing technician after he repeatedly refused to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to assess his fitness for duty. He appealed his termination to the Illinois Civil Service Commission, arguing that his boss lacked good cause to fire him. CMS, relying on a witness’s statement that Sanders had…
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