Jones v. Douglas County Sheriff's Department, No. 17-3196 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseAfter the sheriff's department decided not to reinstate plaintiff, she filed suit against the county alleging retaliation and sex, pregnancy, and disability discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act (NFEPA). The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of her claims and held that her Title VII claim failed because she did not plead any facts showing that another candidate was similarly situated or went through a reinstatement process. Because her state claim mirrored her Title VII claim, it likewise failed.
Court Description: Benton, Author, with Beam and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. In action alleging defendants violated plaintiff's Title VII and Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act by failing to reinstate her, plaintiff's complaint was insufficient to adequately plead a claim for discriminatory refusal to reinstate based upon a theory of disparate treatment, as she failed to allege facts showing that a male to whom she compares herself was reinstated or was similarly situated; her complaint likewise failed to adequately plead a claim under the Nebraska Act.
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