COLEMAN v. DONAHOE

No. 10-3694.

667 F.3d 835 (2012)

Denise COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patrick R. DONAHOE, Postmaster General, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tiana N. Evans (argued), Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Abigail L. Peluso (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

In 2006, the United States Postal Service terminated plaintiff Denise Coleman's 32 years of employment as a mail processing clerk. The Postal Service contends that it fired Coleman because she told her psychiatrist she was having thoughts of killing her supervisor, and it believed she posed a danger to her fellow employees. Coleman alleges that her termination was discriminatory (she is African-American...

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