HAYWOOD v. LOCKE

No. 09-1604.

CHERRIE HAYWOOD; THERESA L. WILLIAMS; KATHY L. NELSON; KAREN SMITH; MARIAN E. DAY; TUSHOMBE A. STOKES; DESHAWN D. DURHAM; ROXANNE RAWLS; ELEANOR KURTZ; JOHN DILL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GARY LOCKE, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Bell, BELL LAW FIRM, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.

Bernard G. Kim, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Dana J. Boente, United States Attorney, Kevin J. Mikolashek, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiffs in this case ("the Haywood Group") are ten current and former employees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office of Initial Patent Examination ("OIPE"). They claim they were unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of race and gender1 in the denial of an "accretion-of-duties" promotion. The district court found the...

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