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BATES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 12-1500.

726 F.3d 951 (2013)

Ronald BATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Kiper Rummer , Law Offices of Patricia Rummer, Lisle, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ruth F. Masters , Oak Park, IL, Myriam Z. Kasper , Office of the Corporation Counsel, James F. Botana , Jackson Lewis LLP, Abraham Nathaniel Saiger , Jackson Lewis LLP, Chicago, IL, Myriam Z. Kasper , Ruth F. Masters , for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and BARKER, District Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Bates, a black firefighter with the Chicago Fire Department, was demoted one level from his at-will position as a District Chief to a Deputy District Chief position. The Fire Commissioner who demoted him and the firefighter who replaced him were also black. Nonetheless, Bates claims that his demotion was based on racial discrimination. The district court dismissed several of Bates's claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6...

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