Legal Opinion

Spence v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 12, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2019-1947Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JO SPENCE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-1947 (JEB) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Jo Spence, a Black woman over the age of 40, believes that her former employer, the Department of Veterans Affairs, discriminated against her based on her race, sex, and age, and then ultimately fired her in retaliation for whistleblowing activity. She thus brought this pro se suit under the Whistleblower Protection Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in…

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