July 06, 2022
A federal jury found that a Maryland county’s firing of a Nigerian-born correctional officer was not an illegal act of national origin discrimination, rejecting assertions that his punishment for attacking an inmate was more severe than those suffered by American-born guards for engaging in comparable acts of violence.
December 02, 2021
A Maryland county must face discrimination claims from a correctional officer of Nigerian descent who was fired after beating a detainee, as a federal judge found Thursday that there were open questions about whether the officer was treated differently from others found to have used excessive force.