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Civil Procedure Keyed to Yeazell
McCleary-Evans v. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration
Citation:
780 F.3d 582 (4th Cir. 2015)Facts
Dawnn McCleary-Evans worked for over 20 years as a project manager on environmental regulatory compliance projects at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Transit Administration. In late 2009 and early 2010, she applied for two positions in the Highway Administration’s Environmental Compliance Division: assistant division chief and environmental compliance program manager. Despite her qualifications, she was not selected for either position. Instead, both positions were filled by non-Black candidates. McCleary-Evans alleged that her applications were reviewed by a panel influenced by Gregory Keenan, a White male, and Sonal Sangahvi, a non-Black woman, who she claimed had “predetermined to select for both positions a White male or female candidate.” She further alleged that “for reasons of race and gender,” they “overlooked the African American candidates to select White male, preferably, and White female candidates.”
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