JOHNSON v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

No. 12-1621.

714 F.3d 48 (2013)

Christine JOHNSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aníbal Lugo-Miranda , with whom Lugo-Miranda Law Offices was on brief, for appellant.

Diego Ramírez-Bigott , with whom Raquel M. Dulzaides and Jiménez, Graffam & Lausell were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

In 2009, Christine Johnson, an instructor in graphics, was denied a tenure-track position in the Engineering Department at the University of Puerto Rico's Mayaguez Campus ("UPR"). Three others did receive tenure-track positions: one woman and two men, all of whom had Ph.D.'s, as the position description required. Johnson did not have a Ph.D. and did not accept offers by UPR to pay for her to get one.

Johnson filed administrative discrimination...

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