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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 

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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION

To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

United States Court of Appeals

For the Seventh Circuit

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Argued October 6, 2016

Decided October 7, 2016

Before

DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge

FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge

DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge

No. 16-1624

PAMELA MCKINNEY,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JEH C. JOHNSON, Secretary of Homeland Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United 

States District Court for the 

Northern District of Illinois, 

Eastern Division.

No. 12 C 220

Edmond E. Chang, Judge.

Order

Pamela McKinney contends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency terminated her employment in retaliation for a complaint about discrimination. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. McKinney asks for another trial on the 

grounds that one juror was biased, that one witness contradicted evidence given under 

oath before the trial, and that her two retained attorneys were incompetent. McKinney 

presented all three contentions to the district judge, who rejected them in a careful opinion. 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35696 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 21, 2016). After considering McKinney’s 

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briefs and oral argument, we do not find any legal error or abuse of discretion in that 

decision. For substantially the reasons given by the district judge, the decision is

AFFIRMED.

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