· 6/5/2015
Adam Locke v. Mya Haessig
Citations
- 788 F.3d 662
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 9436
- 127 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 450
- 2015 WL 3528782
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that parole supervisor violates equal protection by retaliating against parolee for complaining about parole officer’s sexual harassment
- recognizing first prong of qualified immunity analysis requires determination of whether defendant violated a constitutional right
- holding plaintiff must plausibly allege supervisor had requisite state of mind to state a claim for facilitating, approving, or condoning unlawful act
- holding plaintiff must plausibly allege supervisor had requisite state of mind to state a claim for facilitating, approving, or condoning unlawful act
- finding that in 2008 it was clearly established that a parolee had a cognizable claim under the Fourteenth Amendment for sexual harassment by a parole officer
- finding that “[a] reasonable jury could conclude that” the defendant retaliated against the plaintiff “because of his sex—because he was a man rather than a woman complaining of sexual harassment”
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Hamilton
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