On December 22, 1993, the United States Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII") in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee against the Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County. The D.O.J. sought injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that the defendant violated Title VII by refusing to promote an employee in retaliation for an EEOC complaint the employee previously filed.

The complaint alleges that the defendant violated Title VII by: (1) failing or refusing to promote the employee to the position of Deputy Jailer IV because he filed a charge with EEOC alleging race discrimination; and (2) failing or refusing to take appropriate action to remedy the effects of the discriminatory treatment.

On December 22, 1993, the District Court (Chief Judge Odell Horton) entered a consent decree ordering the defendant to: (1) offer the employee a promotion into a Deputy Jailer IV position, with a seniority date of May 1, 1991; (2) offer a monetary reward, representing retroactive salary increases from Deputy Jailer III to Deputy Jailer IV, with interest; (3) contribute their full share to a pension plan the plaintiff would have had if he had been promoted to a Deputy Jailer IV.

The docket ends with the entry of the consent decree. We have no further information.

Hyun Jeong Yang - 11/18/2007


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