Davis v. Washington

MEMORANDUM *

Randall Davis, an African-American employee at the Washington State Department of Ecology (“DOE”), appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the State of Washington and others (“State”). Davis’s complaint alleges that the DOE failed to reallocate his position from an Environmental Planner (“EP”) 3 to an EP 4 because of his race in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and state law protections found in RCW 49.60. We have jurisdiction to review this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.

The district court erred…