Court Dismisses Hostile Work Environment Claim
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recently dismissed a claim of hostile work environment under the Rehabilitation Act. Katz v. Department of Justice, No. 1:20-cv-554 (June 20, 2022). In dismissing the case, Judge Ellis found that the plaintiff's own pleadings doomed his claim. The plaintiff was employed as a Special Agent for the DEA from May 1996 until April 2020. In 2017, Katz was diagnosed with a brain...
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