WILLIAMS v. OFFICE OF CHIEF JUDGE COOK COUNTY

Nos. 15-2325 & 15-2554.

839 F.3d 617 (2016)

Paula Y. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICE OF the CHIEF JUDGE OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS and Michael Rohan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Piper , Bock, Hatch, Lewis & Oppenheim, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Maureen O'Donoghue Hannon , Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Williams, Circuit Judges.


Paula Williams was told she was fired from her position as a probation officer for abandoning her job. She brought this lawsuit alleging that she was actually fired for contesting a workers' compensation claim, reporting another employee's misconduct, being African-American, and reporting co-workers for racial hostility...

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