hostile work environment
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Federal judge dismisses some claims in ex-RTD police chief’s discrimination lawsuit
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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed some of the claims brought by the former police chief of the Regional Transportation District in his employment discrimination lawsuit. Joel Fitzgerald Sr. led RTD’s police department after his August 2022 hiring until his termination in September 2024. Fitzgerald alleged his successes in transforming the department were overshadowed by…
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Federal judge once again dismisses lawsuit of prison employee offended by DEI training
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A federal judge dismissed a second lawsuit on Monday brought by a former Colorado Department of Corrections employee who was offended by an equity training module and alleged it created a hostile work environment. In 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang dismissed Joshua F. Young’s first lawsuit on the grounds that he failed…
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10th Circuit agrees Colorado Springs postal worker failed to show discrimination, hostile work environment
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed last month that a Black U.S. Postal Service employee in Colorado Springs failed to credibly allege the offensive conduct of a supervisor rose to the level of racial discrimination or a hostile work environment. Paul P. Nelson, who worked for the Postal Service for 23 years, filed…
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Federal judge moderated DEI panel days before hearing arguments in Colorado DEI case
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A judge on the federal appeals court based in Denver oversaw a panel discussion last year about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace while he had a case pending before him on the same subject. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the employment discrimination…
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Federal judge moderated DEI panel days before hearing arguments in Colorado DEI case
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A judge on the federal appeals court based in Denver oversaw a panel discussion last year about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace while he had a case pending before him on the same subject. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the employment discrimination…
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Federal judge moderated DEI panel days before hearing arguments in Colorado DEI case
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A judge on the federal appeals court based in Denver oversaw a panel discussion last year about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace while he had a case pending before him on the same subject. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the employment discrimination…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-Cherry Creek schools teacher failed to prove discrimination
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed last month that the Cherry Creek School District ended the contract of a veteran elementary school teacher because of her performance, not because she expressed discomfort with racial equity trainings. Leslie Shannon, who is Black and Native American, came to Highline Community Elementary School in 2016 after many…
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Federal judge tosses lawsuit of ex-prison employee offended by diversity training
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A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit of a former corrections official offended by the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion training, and claimed it amounted to a hostile work environment. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang found the contents of Joshua F. Young’s complaint failed to show how a computer-based module…
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Federal judge allows UCCS employee to sue over alleged hostile work environment
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An employee of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be able to pursue her civil rights claims against the institution after a federal judge on Tuesday found Whitney Porter credibly alleged that she experienced a gender-based hostile work environment and retaliation. U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell agreed Porter had described a pervasive amount…
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Judge green-lights lawsuit of Black former Kaiser employee for trial
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A jury will now decide whether a former Colorado employee of Kaiser Permanente experienced a hostile work environment, after a federal judge concluded the evidence could show Moureene Taylor and her only other Black colleague were effectively ignored in their workplace. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang determined a series of incidents…
