VELASCO v. ILLINOIS D.H.S.

No. 00-1391.

246 F.3d 1010 (2001)

Fe A. VELASCO, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand L. Landry (argued), Oak Park, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jerald S. Post (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

On June 30, 1999, Dr. Fe A. Velasco, a Filipino-American woman, filed a four-count complaint alleging that the Illinois Department of Human Services' decision to terminate her employment violated a number of federal employment laws. Specifically, Velasco asserted race and gender discrimination under Title VII (Count One), race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Count Two), retaliation under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Count...

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