ABBT v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 21-20085.

28 F.4th 601 (2022)

Melinda ABBT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; John Chris Barrientes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelsi Stayart White , Joseph Y. Ahmad , Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert William Higgason , Deidra Norris Sullivan , City of Houston, Legal Department, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee City of Houston.

Joseph G. Soliz, Esq. , Soliz Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee John Chris Barrientes.

Before King, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


Melinda Abbt, who formerly worked as a firefighter in the Houston Fire Department, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing her claims for sexual harassment and retaliation against the City of Houston related to the repeated viewing of a private, intimate video of Abbt by two senior firefighters. While...

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