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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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Doc. Nos. 13, 17.

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See Sparr v. Ward, 4:00-CV-00717-WRW (E.D. Ark. filed Oct. 2, 2000) (Doc. No. 43);

Wilson v. Zeigler, No. 3:03-CV-00306-WRW (E.D. Ark. filed Oct. 2, 2003) (Doc. No. 24);

Peterman v. Tinsley, No. 3:07-CV-00047 (E.D. Ark. filed Apr. 19, 2007) (Doc. No. 26).

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No. 4:02-CV-00609-GTE (E.D. Ark. filed Oct. 1, 2002) (Doc. No. 9).

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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-123-107(c)(1)(A).

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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-123-108(a).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

CHERYL FUNK PLAINTIFF

VS. 4:08-CV-00132- WRW

LABOR READY, et al DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Pending is Defendant Daniel Rueger’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 7). Plaintiff has

responded and Defendants have replied.1

Plaintiff asserts claims under the ACRA for sex discrimination and retaliation. Defendant

Daniel Rueger, a District Manager for Labor Ready and Plaintiff’s former supervisor, asserts that

he cannot be held individually liable under the ACRA.

In other cases,2 I have adopted Judge Eisele’s ruling from Vineyard v. EWI Inc., et al.3 In

Vineyard, Judge Eisele found that there is a distinction in the ACRA between the liability

imposed on “employers”4 and “persons,”5 which would allow individual liability for a retaliation

claim but not a discrimination claim. As far as I can tell, this finding has not been addressed by

either the Arkansas Supreme Court or the Eighth Circuit; therefore, I will stand pat.

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Accordingly, Defendant Daniel Rueger’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 7) is GRANTED

as to the ACRA sexual discrimination claim, but DENIED as to the ACRA retaliation claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of March, 2008.

/s/ Wm. R. Wilson, Jr.___________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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