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In a recent ruling, EEOC was sanctioned $1 million for filing what the judge ruled was a frivolous lawsuit.
Some of the details of this case are:
EEOC had filed a discrimination lawsuit against Robert L. Reeves & Associates, a law firm specializing in immigration law. The lawsuit asserted that there had been harassment and discrimination going on at the law firm.
The law firm maintained that the charges were made up by former law associates, who intended to ruin the firm.
The judge accused the EEOC of “unreasonable and just plain mean-spirited” conduct. Not surprisingly, EEOC is appealing the ruling.
Go here for more information on this lawsuit.
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Here we have frivolous, unreasonable and mean-spirited all determined by a judge who presumably was in control of the case from the initial Complaint onward. He allowed all of this to unfold over a course of years (the Complaint was filed in 2001) and then concludes it was time to apply his adjectives and assess attorney fees. I declare the Judge to be inattentive, obtuse and vindictive.
Thanks for the scoop, Michael.
Curiously, the story reports that the judge initially ordered the EEOC to pay 363,000 in legal fees, but the Ninth Circuit reversed.
Then the district judge, on remand, reasserted his frivolousness conclusion and awarded more fees (perhaps reflecting appeal costs?)
Wonder what the grounds of reversal were, that the judge still felt he could find the suit frivolous.
Perhaps sometime I’ll look these cases up and find an answer.
These media stories often leave out key details that leave one wondering what really happened in the litigation.
Such sanctions against plaintiffs in discrimination cases are rare as a four-leaf clover (or more so).