Former sheriff's department employee in Arizona sues over disability discrimination

From The Zonie Report:

TUCSON — A former employee of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is suing Sheriff Clarence Dupnik for retaliation after she was fired following her complaints of workplace discrimination.

The case in Pima County Superior Court comes from Celine A. Baker, who says
she told sheriff’s officials she had a disability and required “reasonable accommodation” when she began working at the department, according to court
records.

While she was working there, she filed charges against the sheriff’s
department with the Arizona Attorney General’s Civil Rights division and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in October 2007. She claims she was subject to employment discrimination based on her disability.

The court complaint does not provide details about her condition. However, it claims the sheriff fired her after she identified herself as disabled and the person who filed the charges with state and federal officials.

Afterward, she says she filed more discrimination charges with the same authorities. The Arizona Attorney General’s Civil Rights division found her complaints to be valid and issued her a right-to-sue notice last October.

Now the matter is in federal court in Tucson. Tucson lawyer Richard M. Martinez is representing Baker.