EUEL L. MASON, DONOVAN L. BENTON, and MABLE A. GAINES
Case 1:10-cv-00184-CKK Document 18 Filed 09/12/11 Page 1 of 134 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EUEL L. MASON, DONOVAN L. BENTON, and MABLE A. GAINES, Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 09-00462 (CKK) TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Defendant. EUEL L. MASON, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 10-00184 (CKK) TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Defendant. MABLE A. GAINES, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 10-00683 (CKK) v. TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER, Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION (September 12, 2011) Case 1:10-cv-00184-CKK Document 18 Filed 09/12/11 Page 2 of 134 In the three above-captioned actions,1 Plaintiffs Mable Gaines (“Gaines”), Euel Mason (“Mason”), and Donovan Benton (“Benton”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), each a former employee of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), bring suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1 et seq. (“Title VII”) against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Secretary”). There are currently two motions before the Court: (1) the Secretary’s Motion for Summary Judgment; and (2) the Secretary’s Motion for Sanctions. Upon consideration of the parties’ submissions, the relevant authorities, and the record as a whole, the Court shall grant the Secretary’s Motion for Summary Judgment, deny the Secretary’s Motion for Sanctions, and dismiss all three actions in their entirety.2 I. BACKGROUND On August 14, 2003, Plaintiffs, along with other African American employees at the IRS, brought suit against the Secretary alleging that they had been discriminated against on the basis of race in connection with a variety of employment actions (the “2003 Litigation”).
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