Employment Discrimination

By: Derek Hawkins//September 10, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Paula Emerson v. Thomas J. Dart, et al.

Case No.: 17-2614

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and SYKES and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Employment Discrimination

Paula Emerson is a correctional officer on leave from the Cook County Department of Corrections. She alleges that two County employees unlawfully discriminated against her during her tenure at one of the County’s detention facilities. While litigation was underway, Emerson took to Facebook to threaten potential witnesses with legal action if they testified against her. The district judge sanctioned Emerson for the threat and eventually entered summary judgment for the defendants. We affirm.

Affirmed

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