Opinion ID: 2981799
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Testimony in EEO case

Text: Hany Choulagh, a language analyst at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Detroit Division, is of Iraqi national origin. In December 2008, Michael Boyden, a white American, became No. 12-1957 Hany Choulagh v. Eric Holder, Jr. Choulagh’s supervisor. Prior to Boyden’s arrival at the Detroit division, another FBI employee, also of Iraqi national origin, filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint against a different supervisor. Choulagh received an email on March 24, 2009, indicating that he was approved to testify on behalf of the former employee. Choulagh told Boyden he would be testifying on the morning of April 9, 2009, the date he actually testified. When asked in depositions whether he told Boyden that he was going to testify before April 9, Choulagh responded that he could not remember, but that Boyden “must have known.” Choulagh also stated that he and Boyden never discussed the nature of his testimony at any time.