Case: EEOC v. HOWELL CENTER/GATEWOOD

1:04-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2004

Closed Date: 2008

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Case Summary

In September 2004, the Washington, D.C. (along with the Charlotte and Raleigh) office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Howell Chide Care Center, Inc. d/b/a Howell Center-Gatewood in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the claimant by failing to reasonably accommodate the claimant's sincerely held religious beliefs (Christianity) and discharged the claimant for refusing to participate in…

The three year consent decree required the defendant to pay $15,000, refrain from discrimination and retaliation, give the claimaint neutral references, expunge the claimant's record, institute and implement an anti-discrimination policy, provide training for all employees, post notice, give the EEOC semi-annual reports of accommodation request, and allow the EEOC to review compliance. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.

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Lionel Joiner (7/10/2007)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:04-cv-00837	Docket (PACER) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Howell's Child Care	April 25, 2005	April 25, 2005 Docket
1 1:04-cv-00837	Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Howell's Child Care	Sept. 15, 2004	Sept. 15, 2004 Complaint
4 1:04-cv-00837	Amended Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Howell's Child Care	Oct. 26, 2004	Oct. 26, 2004 Complaint
10 1:04-cv-00837	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Howell's Child Care	April 25, 2005	April 25, 2005 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
	**Case assigned to Magistrate Judge DIXON. AO Code 18RA (J. Lance) (Entered: 09/16/2004)	Sept. 15, 2004	Sept. 15, 2004
1	COMPLAINT; jury demand. (J. Lance) Modified on 09/24/2004 (Entered: 09/16/2004)	Sept. 15, 2004	Sept. 15, 2004
	Notice of Right to Consent 28 USC 636(c)(2) (J. Lance) Modified on 09/21/2004 (Entered: 09/16/2004)	Sept. 15, 2004	Sept. 15, 2004
2	MOTION by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE to Dismiss (K. Welch) (Entered: 10/05/2004)	Oct. 5, 2004	Oct. 5, 2004
3	MEMORANDUM OF LAW with Exhibits by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE in support of [2-1] motion to Dismiss by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE (K. Welch) (Entered: 10/05/2004)	Oct. 5, 2004	Oct. 5, 2004
4	AMENDED COMPLAINT by EEOC amending [1-1] complaint to substitute Howell's Child Care Center, Inc. as the party defendant for Howell's Child Care Center Foundation, Inc.; jury demand (K. Welch) (Entered: 10/26/2004)	Oct. 26, 2004	Oct. 26, 2004
5	RESPONSE by EEOC to [2-1] motion to Dismiss by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE (K. Welch) (Entered: 10/26/2004)	Oct. 26, 2004	Oct. 26, 2004
6	REPLY MEMORANDUM by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE to response to [2-1] motion to Dismiss by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE (K. Welch) (Entered: 11/05/2004)	Nov. 4, 2004	Nov. 4, 2004
7	ANSWER by HOWELL'S CHILD CARE (Attorney JOHN A. J. WARD) to amended complaint; jury demand (K. Welch) (Entered: 11/05/2004)	Nov. 4, 2004	Nov. 4, 2004
	CASE AT ISSUE (K. Welch) (Entered: 11/05/2004)	Nov. 4, 2004	Nov. 4, 2004
	Motion submission: [2-1] motion to Dismiss submitted to Judge Tilley (S. Blumke) (Entered: 11/10/2004)	Nov. 10, 2004	Nov. 10, 2004
9	WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS Returned Executed as to HOWELL'S CHILD CARE on 11/4/04 (K. Welch) (Entered: 12/13/2004)	Dec. 10, 2004	Dec. 10, 2004
	CASE REFERRED to Judge Tilley re: Consent Decree (Blumke, Sheila) (Entered: 04/15/2005)	April 15, 2005	April 15, 2005
10	CONSENT DECREE signed by Judge N. C. TILLEY JR. on 4/25/05 as set forth; (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Welch, Kelly) (Entered: 04/26/2005)	April 25, 2005	April 25, 2005