A federal appeals court has ruled that a former state lawyer’s disability discrimination claim against the New York Attorney General’s Office should be heard in a courtroom rather than in an administrative proceeding.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to intercede in the current non-final posture of the suit filed by former assistant state solicitor general Carol Fischer. The panel rejected the state’s request that the matter be directed to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rather than in a Southern District of New York court.
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