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LITTLE v. WA METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Civil Action No. 14-1289 (RMC).

249 F.Supp.3d 394 (2017)

Erick LITTLE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Filed April 18, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination
Nature of Suit: 442 Civil Rights: Jobs
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ajmel A. Quereshi , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Brett E. Marston , Brittany Erin McClure , Katherine E. Clemons , Michael Duane Harris , Arnold & Porter LLP, John Arak Freedman , Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Dennis A. Corkery , Matthew K. Handley , Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, Matthew R. Fearnside, U.S. Department of Justice, Peter Romer-Friedman , Outten & Golden, LLP, Thomas Dallas McSorley , Washington, DC, Natasha Korgaonkar , Rachel M. Kleinman , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Galen Pendergrass, Temple Hills, MD, pro se.

Gerard Joseph Stief , Office of General Counsel, Harvey A. Levin , Kathleen E. Kraft , Thompson Coburn, LLP, Melissa E. Hoppmeyer , Nat Peter Calamis , Matthew D. Berkowitz , Carr Maloney, P.C., Richard William Black , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Washington, DC, Charles M. Poplstein , Robert J. Wagner , Tabitha G. Davisson , Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Michael Nicholas Petkovich , Amanda Leigh Scott Vaccaro , Jackson Lewis P.C., Reston, VA, William Simmons , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

OPINION

Plaintiffs complain that a criminal background check, used by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to screen candidates and employees, is facially neutral but has a disparate impact on African Americans. WMATA's Policy 7.2.3 governs how and when individuals...

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