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BOP Settles Employee's Retaliation Lawsuit for $35,000

Loaded on Aug. 12, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation. Location: Colorado.

David T. Lee was a GS-7 inmate systems officer at the FCI in Florence, Colorado when he applied to two GS-8 positions. He was not selected for either position. Believing the reason for this was racial prejudice, he filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

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