United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's suit against a county, county sheriff's department and individuals, arising from his prosecution for custodial sexual misconduct while employed as a correctional officer in a county jail's women's division and subsequently terminated, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where: 1) summary judgment was proper on plaintiff's gender discrimination claim; 2) summary judgment was proper on plaintiff's race discrimination claim as he has not shown discriminatory motivation under the direct method or carried his burden under the indirect method; and 3) there is no evidence that the district court abused its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/25/2010
• Decided 04/22/2010
• Published 04/22/2010

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dana L. Kurtz, Kurtz Law Offices, LLC, Lockport, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel F. Gallagher, Querrey & Harrow, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.