DECOSTER v. BECERRA

No. 22-1931.

119 F.4th 332 (2024)

Tijuana DECOSTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Xavier BECERRA, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 2, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eden Joanna Brown Gaines, BROWN GAINES, LLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Matthew Adam Haven, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Benjamin wrote the opinion, in which Judge Gregory and Judge Richardson joined.


Tijuana Decoster sued Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"). She alleged that she was discriminated against on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § § 2000e to 2000e-17 ("Title...

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