BROOKS et al v. HOLDER

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:08-cv-01747

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein

Firms

  1. August 12, 2013

    Bias Suit Against US Marshals Goes On Despite Settlement

    A Washington federal judge on Friday ruled that a proposed racial discrimination class action brought by former agents of the U.S. Marshals Service must proceed even though the lead plaintiff in the case has settled his claims, rejecting arguments from USMS that the remaining plaintiffs have not exhausted their administrative remedies. 

  2. September 28, 2012

    US Marshals Can't Use Dukes To Nix Bias Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid by the U.S. Marshals Service to use the U.S. Supreme Court's Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision to dismiss former marshals' proposed class action alleging race discrimination, saying the landmark ruling didn't apply at the pleading stage.