C.R.M. v. Chief Legal Counsel of the Department of Human Rights

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• holding that, while the petitioner’s background check contained information regarding his arrests, nothing in the record indicated the City relied on the arrest information, rather than the petitioner’s convictions, in deciding not to employ him
• finding the discrimination claim failed where the complainant could not establish an element of the prima facie case
• affirming Chief Legal Counsel’s decision to dismiss charge of discrimination without considering issue of pretext where the petitioner failed to establish a prima facie case
• “Because the criminal convictions were not sealed, expunged, or impounded, section 2-103(A) did not bar the City from considering them during the hiring process”
• legislature intended section 2-103(A) to “prevent an inquiry into mere charges or allegations of criminal behavior” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• these are the particular requirements for a prima facie case of discrimination based on failure to hire

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