FILED U.S. COURT OF AP P EALS E LEVEN T HC IRC U IT APRIL18, 2005 THOMAS K. KAH

N CLERK

Honora ble Richard Cuda

hy, Circuit Judg e for

the United States Court of Appe als for the * Seventh Circuit, sitti ngby designation. [ DO NO T P UB L I S H] I N THE UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS F O R T H E E L E V E N T H C IR C U IT

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________________________ D. C . Do c k e tNo . 0 1 - 0 2 4 2 5 - C V- KA M U L Y S S E S J . H U D S O N , P la in tif f - A p p e lla n t, v ersu s U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F T R E A S U R Y , J O H N S N O W a s S e c r e ta ry , D e f e n d a n t- A p p e lle e .

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_________________________ ( A pr i l 18, 2005) B efo re B IR C H , K R A V IT C H an d C U D A H Y , C i rcu i tJu d g es. *2

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Se curity un der t hedire c tio n o f Tho ma s Ri dg e . Though p artie s n ote this in the style of their briefs, wewill generally ref er to the de fenda

nt as “the g overnment” for clarity purposes. P E R C U R I A M: U ly s s e s H u d s o n , a n e m p lo y e e o f th e U n ite d S ta te s C u s to m S e rv ic e , f ile d th is c a s e i n J une of

2001 a ga i ns thi s e m pl oy e r , the U ni t e d S t a t e s D e pa r tm e ntof T r e a s u ry , c la im in g d is c r im in a tio n , r e ta lia tio n , a n d af a ilu r e to m a k e r e a s o n ab le 1 a c c om m oda t i ons f

orhi s di s abi l i ty i n vi ol a t i on of the R e habi l i t a t i on A c tof 1973, 29 U . S . C . § 701 e ts e q. , a nd T i t l e V I I of the C i vi l R i ght s A c tof 1964, a s a m e nde d, 42 U . S . C . § 2000e , e ts e q. S pe c i f i c a l l y , H uds on’ s a m e nde d c om pl a i nta l l e ge s e i ght coun t s a gai nstthe go vernm ent , they a re : ( I ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d the R e habi l i t a t i on A c t , 29 U . S . C . § 794( a ) by re m ov i ng H ud son from hi s pre vi ou s duty s t at i on because hi s m anager p e r c e iv e d o rr e g a r d e d h im a s h a v in g ad is ab ility , a lc o h o lis m . (II) T h e g o v ern m en tv i o l at ed th e R eh ab i l i t at i o n A ct , 2 9 U . S . C . § 7 9 4 (a) b y r e m ovi ng H uds on f

r om the A m e r i c aC ount e r - S m uggl i ng I ni t i a t i ve ( “ A C S I ” ) , be c a us e hi s m a na ge rpe r c e i ve d orr e ga r de d hi m a s ha vi ng a di sabi l i ty, depres si on . H ud son cl ai m s he w as suff er i ng fr om cl i ni ca l de pr e s s i on due t o r a c e ba s e d di s pa r a t e tr e a tm e nti n s ubs e que ntpos i t i ons , a nd3

tha tthe gove rnm e ntf

a i l e d t o m a ke r e a s onabl e a c c om m oda t i ons e ve n though h e w a s aq u a lif

ie d in d iv id u a l w ith ad is ab ility . ( I I I ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d the R e habi l i t a t i on A c t , 29 U . S . C . § 794( a ) by re fusi ng t o tra nsfe r H ud son t o ano ther a vai l abl e posi t i on for w hi ch he w as q u a lif ie d . ( I V ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d T i t l e V I I , 42 U . S . C . § 2000e - 2( a ) by not s e l e c t i ng H uds on f

orapos i t i on a s S upe rvi s ory I m por tS pe c i a l i s tbe c a us e of r a c ia l d is c r im in a tio n . ( V ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d T i t l e V I I , 42 U . S . C . § 2000e - 2( a ) by tr a ns f e rr i ng H uds on f

r om A C S I a nd t a ki ng s ubs e que nta dve r s e e m pl oy m e nt a c tio n s a g a in s t h im d u e to h is r a c e . ( V I ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d T i t l e V I I , 42 U . S . C . § 2000e - 3( a ) by de ny i ng hi m the tr a ns f

e rt o S upe rvi s ory I m por tS pe c i a l i s ti n r e t a l i a t i on f orhi s f i l i ng o f E q u a l E m p lo y m e n t O p p o r tu n ity ( “E E O ” ) C o m p la in ts . ( V I I ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d T i t l e V I I , 42 U . S . C . § 2000e - 3( a ) by f or c i ng4

H ud son t o res i gn as an E E O coun se l or and rem ov i ng hi m fr om hi s a ss i gn m entat th e B l u e L i g h tn i n g Op e r a t i o n s C e n t e r( “ B L OC ” ) i n r e t a l i a t i o n f o rf i l i n g h i s o wn E E O c o m p la in ts a n d a s s is tin g o th e r s w ith th e irE E O c o m p la in ts .

( V I I I ) T he gove rnm e ntvi ol a t e d T i t l e V I I , 42 U . S . C . § 2000e - 2( a ) by f o r c ib ly r e m o v in g H u d s o n f r o m th e B L O C f

a c ility o n r a c ia l g r o u n d s . T he di stri ctcourtgrant ed sum m ary j ud gm entt o the go vernm enton coun t s I , I I , V, VI I , a n d VI I I . T h e d i s tr i c tc o u r td e n i e d s u m m a ry j u d g m e n to n c o u n t s I I I , I V, a nd V I , a nd thos e c l a i m s w e r e tr i e d be f or e aj ury . F ol l ow i ng af i ve - da y tr i a l , the j ury f ou nd i n favor of the go vernm enton al l re m ai ni ng coun t s, and the di stri ct c o u r t s u b s e q u e n tly d e n ie d H u d s o n ’s m o tio n f o ran e w tr ia l o n c o u n t I I I . A f t e rr e vi e w i ng the pa r t i e s br i e f s , the r e c or d a nd or a l a r gum e nt , w e f i nd no di s c e rni bl e e rr ori n the di s tr i c tc our t ’ s w e l l - r e a s one d opi ni on r e ga r di ng both the m o t i o n f o rs u m m a ry j u d g m e n ta n d m o t i o n f o ran e w tr i a l . Ac c o r d i n g l y , we AF F I RM w ith o u t o p in io n in a c c o r d a n c e w ith 1 1 th C ir c u it R u le 3 6 - 1 .5