United States of America v. The New Mexico Department of Public Safety

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Case Name	United States of America v. The New Mexico Department of Public Safety	EE-NM-0062
Docket / Court	1:00-cv-01656-JAP-RLP ( D.N.M. )
State/Territory	New Mexico
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Attorney Organization	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Case Summary	On November 22, 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Department of Public Safety under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The D.O.J., alleged that the defendant subjected one of its ... read more > On November 22, 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Department of Public Safety under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The D.O.J., alleged that the defendant subjected one of its employees to sexual harassment and subsequently refused to take appropriate actions to remedy the problem. Plaintiff sought injunctive and monetary relief. On October 16, 2001, the district court (Judge James A. Parker) approved a consent decree agreed to by the parties and dismissed the case. The defendant agreed to take measures to the prevent harassment of its employees in the future. The defendant also agreed to implement a training program to train its employees on its sexual harassment policy. We have no further information at this time. Janani Iyengar - 11/05/2007 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Defendant-type

Law-enforcement

Discrimination-area

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination-basis

Sex discrimination

General

Pattern or Practice

Retaliation

Plaintiff Type

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Race

Race, unspecified

Causes of Action

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	State of New Mexico
Plaintiff Description	U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of a female employee
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filed	11/22/2000
Case Closing Year	2001
Case Ongoing	No

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Docket(s)

00-CIV-1656 (D.N.M.)
EE-NM-0062-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/17/2001
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint EE-NM-0062-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/22/2000
Answer EE-NM-0062-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/25/2001
Provisional Discovery Plan EE-NM-0062-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/05/2001
Unopposed Motion to Intervene and Complaint in Intervention EE-NM-0062-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/29/2001
Consent Decree Between the United States of America and The New Mexico Department of Public Safety EE-NM-0062-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/16/2001
Notice of Withdrawal of Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement Filed Under Seal EE-NM-0062-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/17/2001

People

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Judges	Parker, James Aubrey (D.N.M.) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Puglisi, Richard L. (D.N.M., D. Haw.) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bay, Norman C. (New Mexico) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Fenton, William B. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0001 \| EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Gregory, Claire L. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-0004 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Hamilton, Raymond (New Mexico) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-0004 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Hardwick, Jack N. (New Mexico) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0005 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Lee, Bill Lann (California) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0001 \| EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Mitchell, Jan Elizabeth (New Mexico) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-9000 Ward, Larry G. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0001 \| EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-0004 \| EE-NM-0062-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Casey, Ellen S. (New Mexico) show/hide docs EE-NM-0062-0002 \| EE-NM-0062-0003 \| EE-NM-0062-0004 \| EE-NM-0062-0006 \| EE-NM-0062-9000

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