Gonzalez v. City of Milwaukee, No. 14-2984 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseGonzalez, a Milwaukee police officer from 1995 until 2011, was discharged from his employment after, in January 2011, he failed to report for work. Gonzalez is Caucasian and worked in District 4, a predominately African-American police district. He had seven earlier disciplinary actions within two years and his request for leave during the time in question had been denied. Gonzalez alleges that he was discharged because of his race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the city after denying Gonzalez’s motion to compel discovery, in which he specifically requested that the city turn over a District 4 “climate survey.” The Seventh Circuit affirmed, noting he lateness of Gonzalez’s request, his lack of diligence in obtaining information about the climate survey, and his inability to show how he was prejudiced by the district court’s ruling,.
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