AZIMI v. JORDAN'S MEATS, INC.

No. 05-2602.

456 F.3d 228 (2006)

Abdul AZIMI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. JORDAN'S MEATS, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Allot, with whom Daniel Bates, John Lemieux, and Farris Law were on brief, for appellant.

Lawrence C. Winger for appellee.

Stephanie E.F. Jazlowiecki, with whom Jeffrey Neil Young, McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Zachary L. Heiden, and Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation, were on brief, for Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation, amicus curiae.

Before LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and Stafford, Senior District Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

A federal jury in Maine found that Abdul Azimi, a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan, had suffered racial, religious, or ethnic harassment at his former workplace, Jordan's Meats, Inc., in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

The jury did not find that Azimi had suffered any harm for which it would award compensatory damages. Azimi had put on no evidence...

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