BONDS v. LEAVITT

No. 09-2179.

629 F.3d 369 (2011)

Duane R. BONDS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael LEAVITT, Secretary Department of Health and Human Services; Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Defendants-Appellees. Project on Government Oversight; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Kohn , Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Allen F. Loucks , Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Richard R. Renner , Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. R. Scott Oswald , Jason Zuckerman , The Employment Law Group, PC, Washington, D.C.; Paula Dinerstein , Senior Counsel, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Washington, D.C.; Scott H. Amey , General Counsel, Project on Government Oversight, Washington, D.C., for Amici Supporting Appellant.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.


OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Dr. Duane Bonds appeals district court orders dismissing some of her employment claims and granting summary judgment against her on the others. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

I.

Bonds is an African-American female doctor who has worked during her medical career to fight "sickle cell disease and other medical disorders that severely impact fetal and maternal health."...

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