COLEMAN v. DUKE

No. 15-5258.

867 F.3d 204 (2017)

James COLEMAN, Appellant v. Elaine C. DUKE, Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel D. Johnson , Waldorf, MD, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Jeremy S. Simon , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Henderson.


James Coleman is an African-American who worked for the Department of Homeland Security. He alleges that the Department's decision to give a promotion for which he was qualified to a Caucasian female employee just four weeks after he had complained of race and age discrimination was unlawful retaliation. The district court...

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