Volpe v. Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services ("DMHAS")

RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

HAIGHT, Senior District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs in this civil rights action are members of a group of professional state employees. They are dissatisfied with their compensation, and sue their employer, a state entity, for violation of Title VII of the Civil Right of 1964 and common law intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The Plaintiffs, all pharmacists at the Defendant, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (hereinafter “DMHAS”), claim discriminatory hiring practices and disparate treatment based on their lower rate of pay…