McWRIGHT v. ALEXANDER

No. 91-3389.

982 F.2d 222 (1992)

Debra L. McWRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lamar ALEXANDER, Secretary of the United States Department of Education, and United States Department of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly A. Harrison (argued), Henry L. Mason, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, Carole Jeandheur, Ann M. Gulyassy, Robert V. Zener, Nancy E. Friedman (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Debra L. McWright, who is unable to bear children, alleges that her employer, the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education (DOE), discriminated against her on the basis of handicap by refusing to grant her requests for childcare leave on terms comparable to those given to biological mothers. The district court dismissed McWright's complaint brought under the Rehabilitation...

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