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Sunday, January 07, 2007
Ind. Decisions - Former East Chicago city worker loses federal suit against Mayor Pabey re political firing
Joe Carlson of the NWI Times reports today:
One year into the litigation, East Chicago has won the first of more than two dozen separate lawsuits pending against the city for alleged political firings by Mayor George Pabey's administration.In the first judicial order in any of the cases, U.S. District Judge Philip Simon wrote that former city worker Ericka Lewis did not have a case because she could not prove that the mayor specifically knew that she opposed him in the 2004 election.
"It is not enough to show that the plaintiff was of a different political persuasion than the decision-makers," Simon wrote. "To prove that (the city was) improperly motivated by political affiliation, plaintiff must first prove that (the city) in fact knew of her affiliation."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 7, 2007 07:12 PM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions