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Case Name
EEOC v. Corrections Corporation of America
EE-CO-0015
Docket / Court
1:06-cv-01956-KHV-MJW ( D. Colo. )
State/Territory
Colorado
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization
EEOC
Case Summary
On September 29, 2006, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Crowley County Correctional Facility, a Colorado prison, and related corporate entities. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, ...
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On September 29, 2006, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Crowley County Correctional Facility, a Colorado prison, and related corporate entities. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging that the defendant allowed female employees to be sexually harassed by their co-workers, and that when some of them complained, the employer retaliated by subjecting them to increased scrutiny, by exposing them to the risk of physical harm at the hands of inmates, and by assigning them to work in isolated areas with their alleged harassers.
The charging parties intervened as plaintiffs in the case. In March of 2008, one of the defendant companies moved for summary judgment on the entire case, and all of the defendants moved for partial summary judgment. On March 12, 2009, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Blackburn granted Dominion defendant's motion for summary judgment, finding there was no evidence that the defendant was an employer to any of the plaintiffs.
On September 30, 2009, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss subject to the entry of a consent decree. U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil approved the consent decree on October 1, 2009 and dismissed the case. The decree required the defendant to pay $1,300,000 in backpay, compensation, and other monetary relief to claimants. It further enjoined the defendant from discriminating against employees through a gender-based hostile work environment or sexual harassment, and enjoined defendants from retaliating against employees for opposing such discrimination. The defendant was also required to create policies on sexual harassment, provide trainings on sexual harassment, file reports with the EEOC, and expunge the files of claimants in the case. The decree's effective period was three years, and there is nothing more in the docket - so presumably the matter ended in 2012.
Jason Chester - 06/02/2008
Gabriela Hybel - 10/30/2016
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Content of Injunction
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Discrimination Prohibition
Expungement of Employment Record
Neutral/Positive Reference
Provide antidiscrimination training
Reporting
Training
Discrimination-area
Discipline
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis
Sex discrimination
EEOC-centric
Direct Suit on Merits
No EEOC Final Resolution Type
Private Party intervened in EEOC suit
General
Disparate Treatment
Pattern or Practice
Retaliation
Plaintiff Type
EEOC Plaintiff
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. ยง 2000e
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Corrections Corporation of America
Dominion Correctional Properties, LLC
Dominion Correctional Services LLC
Dominion Venture Group
Plaintiff Description
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
EEOC
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
Damages
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Settlement
Form of Settlement
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Conditional Dismissal
Order Duration
2009 - 2012
Filed
09/29/2006
Case Closing Year
2012
Case Ongoing
No
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Docket(s)
D. Colo.
10/01/2009
06-CV-01956-EWN-MJW
EE-CO-0015-9000.pdf
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General Documents
D. Colo.
09/29/2006
Complaint [ECF# 1]
EE-CO-0015-0001.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Colo.
01/11/2007
Amended Complaint [ECF# 24]
EE-CO-0015-0003.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Colo.
01/11/2007
Amended Complaint and Jury Trial Demand [ECF# 24]
EE-CO-0015-0006.pdf
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D. Colo.
01/18/2007
Amended Complaint in Intervention [ECF# 31]
EE-CO-0015-0004.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Colo.
01/22/2007
Amended Complaint in Intervention [ECF# 36]
EE-CO-0015-0005.pdf
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D. Colo.
05/10/2007
Intervenor Complaint [ECF# 9-2]
EE-CO-0015-0002.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Colo.
03/12/2009
Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Dominion Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [ECF# 246]
(2009 WL 650528)
EE-CO-0015-0008.pdf
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WESTLAW
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D. Colo.
10/01/2009
Consent Decree [ECF# 274]
EE-CO-0015-0007.pdf
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Detail
Source: BNA (Bureau of National Affairs)
People
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Judges
Blackburn, Robert E.
(D. Colo.)
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Nottingham, Edward Willis Jr.
(D. Colo.)
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Vratil, Kathryn Hoefer
(D. Kan.)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Chen, Tin-Tin Diana
(Arizona)
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Kittle, Rita Byrnes
(Colorado)
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Moench, William E.
(Colorado)
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Palma, Lynn L.
(Colorado)
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Roseman, Barry D.
(Colorado)
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Shanley, Sally C.
(Arizona)
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Struble, Stephanie
(Colorado)
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Weeks, Nancy A.
(Colorado)
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Defendant's Lawyers
Jones, April L.
(Colorado)
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Lowrie, John C.
(Colorado)
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Munger, Peter F.
(Colorado)
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Rea, Colleen Myers
(Colorado)
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Rye, Melissa Jane
(Colorado)
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Satriana, Daniel R. Jr.
(Colorado)
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