Opinion ID: 2806250
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Heading: Locke’s Complaint of Sexual Harassment

Text: Plaintiff Adam Locke was under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections from 2007 to 2009, some of the time as a prisoner in custody and some of the time as a parolee. Locke’s primary parole agent during this period was Wendy Schwartz, but another agent, defendant Anthony Flores, occasionally filled in for Schwartz. Flores sexually harassed Locke while supervising his parole from May 2007 to the summer of 2009. Flores propositioned Locke for sex, made unwanted physical advances, and offered to release him from electronic monitoring if he would allow Flores to take nude photos of him. Locke complained to Agent Schwartz about the harassment when she visited him in jail sometime between December 2007 and February 2008. Schwartz told her supervisor, defendant Mya Haessig, about Locke’s complaint. Haessig in turn called the regional office and told a regional chief about the complaint. The regional chief directed Haessig to have Agent Schwartz obtain a written statement from Locke. Neither Haessig nor Schwartz ever followed up with Locke to obtain a written statement. Haessig took no further action to address the complaint of sexual harassment. Haessig had the authority to transfer Locke to another facility away from Flores but did not do so. Haessig never documented the complaint in Locke’s DOC file. 2 ly, we supplement these facts with those facts contained in Haessig’s affidavit and responses to interrogatories that Locke does not dispute. 2 Haessig contends that she spoke with Locke about the complaint and that he told her he did not want to file a formal complaint or talk No. 13-1857 5 Flores heard about Locke’s complaint, probably from Agent Schwartz. Flores called Locke into his office and told him to be careful about what he said and to whom he said it. Flores continued to harass Locke sexually. After Locke had complained about harassment, Haessig was irritated with and negative toward him. Haessig told Locke he would never be released from his ankle monitor until he was discharged from parole. Agent Schwartz acknowledged to Locke that Haessig was targeting him for harassment. Flores’s harassment of Locke finally ended in the summer of 2009 when the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated Flores in response to complaints from several other parolees. Haessig did not play a significant role in that investigation. Flores resigned from office in June 2010 in the midst of investigation.