Mack v. The City of Chicago et al
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MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order written by the Honorable Gary Feinerman on 3/10/2017.Mailed notice.(jlj, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
MARVA MACK,
Plaintiff,
vs.
THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ROBERT MAY,
CESAR PINTO, ANGELA MANNING, and
OFFICER WILLIAM MCKENNA,
Defendants.
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16 C 7807
Judge Gary Feinerman
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Marva Mack brought this suit against the City of Chicago, Robert May, Cesar Pinto,
Angela Manning, and William McKenna, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and Illinois law. Doc. 7.
Defendants have moved to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Doc. 20.
The motion is granted in part and denied in part.
Background
In resolving a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, the court assumes the truth of the operative
complaint’s well-pleaded factual allegations, though not its legal conclusions. See Zahn v. N.
Am. Power & Gas, LLC, 815 F.3d 1082, 1087 (7th Cir. 2016). The court must also consider
“documents attached to the complaint, documents that are critical to the complaint and referred
to in it, and information that is subject to proper judicial notice,” along with additional facts set
forth in Mack’s brief opposing dismissal, so long as those additional facts “are consistent with
the pleadings.” Phillips v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 714 F.3d 1017, 1020 (7th Cir. 2013). The
facts are set forth as favorably to Mack as those materials allow. See Pierce v. Zoetis, 818 F.3d
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274, 277 (7th Cir. 2016). In setting forth those facts at the pleading stage, the court does not
vouch for their accuracy. See Jay E. Hayden Found. v. First Neighbor Bank, N.A., 610 F.3d 382,
384 (7th Cir. 2010).
Mack was employed by the City of Chicago’s Department of Aviation. Doc. 7 at ¶ 7.
After serving as an administrative assistant for twenty-one years, she was appointed to a
Timekeeper IV position. Ibid. On or about December 5, 2014, Mack received a disciplinary
write-up after Pinto, her supervisor, accused her of failing to submit time sheets for an Assistant
Commissioner, even though the Assistant Commissioner was at fault. Id. at ¶ 9. According to
Mack, this was the first of a series of “fabricated” write-ups falsely blaming her for other
employees’ missing time sheets. Id. at ¶ 10. In January 2015, Mack contacted the Office of the
Inspector General to complain about those write-ups. Id. at ¶ 11.
On or about January 12, William Cruise approached Mack about edits submitted for the
time sheets of LaToya Marks, whom he supervised. Id. at ¶ 12. The edits purported to reduce
the number of vacation and sick days that Marks had taken, which would have qualified her for
Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave. Ibid. Cruise had not approved the edits and
asked Mack to reject them for that reason. Id. at ¶ 13.
May, the Department’s Director of Administration, then directed Mack to approve the
edits to Marks’s time sheets. Id. at ¶ 14. Mack refused, believing that doing so would illegally
qualify Marks for FMLA leave. Id. at ¶ 15. May demanded that Mack give him Marks’s
original time sheets, and Mack refused, believing that May would make edits that would illegally
provide Marks with compensation and benefits to which she was not entitled. Id. at ¶ 16. On or
about January 15, Mack learned May was still trying to edit Marks’s time sheets. Id. at ¶ 17. At
this point, Mack notified the Foreman of Custodians, Robert Kelley, of her concerns. Id. at ¶ 18.
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At some point thereafter, Marks was arrested and charged with falsely impersonating a peace
officer. Id. at ¶ 19. After Marks’s arrest, for which she was not disciplined, May asked Pinto to
make the edits to Marks’s time sheets. Ibid. Pinto complied. Id. at ¶ 20.
On March 25, a pre-disciplinary hearing was held regarding Mack’s refusal to edit
Marks’s time sheets. Id. at ¶ 21. During the hearing, Mack handed over Marks’s original time
sheets. Ibid. Pinto made copies and returned the originals to Mack, who placed them in a locked
desk drawer. Ibid. Mack was given a five-day suspension, to be served April 13-17, for
withholding documents from a department official. Id. at ¶ 22.
In early April, Mack received a “Disciplinary Action Report” from Pinto. Id. at ¶ 23.
The report cited “entries made into … [Marks’s] CATA record which appear to have no
supporting documentation,” as well as Mack’s allegedly removing documents from city property,
lying to May about whether Mack had those documents, and withholding documents from a
department official. Ibid. (brackets in original). Believing that she had already been disciplined
for those things, Mack asked Manning, the Managing Deputy Commissioner, why the additional
discipline was being imposed. Id. at ¶ 24. In response, Manning asked Mack for the original
time sheets that Mack had produced at the March 25 hearing. Ibid. Mack attempted to retrieve
them from her locked desk, but was unable to do so because she had left her keys at home. Id. at
¶ 25. On April 22, Manning and May again asked Mack to turn over Marks’s original time
sheets, but fearing that May would make unauthorized changes, she resisted. Id. at ¶¶ 26-27.
Upon arriving at work on April 23, Mack found that someone had broken into her desk
and taken union files, write-ups, and Marks’s original time sheets. Id. at ¶ 28. Mack reported
the theft to the Chicago Police Department. Ibid. Officer McKenna, a Chicago police officer,
wrote a report containing what Mack alleges to be quotations falsely attributed to her. Id. at
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¶ 29. McKenna and other officers also interviewed May, who made false statements that found
their way into McKenna’s report and that were falsely attributed to Mack. Id. at ¶ 30.
Defendants (the complaint does not identify which defendant) then implemented various
changes at Mack’s workplace to “isolate and silence” her. Id. at ¶ 31. Those changes included
moving Mack to empty workstations without explanation and sending a company-wide email
suggesting that she would be replaced on July 1. Ibid. On August 3, Mack was placed on five
days of administrative leave pending discharge due to “erratic and agressive [sic] behavior.” Id.
at ¶ 32 (brackets in original). On August 11, Department of Aviation Commissioner Ginger
Evans terminated Mack for providing false information to the police in connection with the
events of April 23, even though Mack never provided such information. Id. at ¶ 33.
At a December 10 arbitration hearing—presumably conducted pursuant to the collective
bargaining agreement between the City and Mack’s union, the American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees Council 31 (“AFSCME”), Doc. 29-1, to determine whether
there was just cause for her termination—Officer McKenna falsely confirmed the portion of his
police report that falsely attributed quotations to Mack. Doc. 7 at ¶ 34; see Doc. 29-2 (transcript
of the hearing). On December 15, AFSCME and the City entered into a settlement agreement
concerning Mack’s dismissal. Doc. 26-1 at ¶¶ 1-2. The settlement agreement withdrew
AFSCME’s request to arbitrate Mack’s dismissal, gave Mack the opportunity to resign in lieu of
being terminated, and provided that the City would not contest Mack’s efforts to obtain
unemployment compensation. Doc. 21-1.
Mack was not made aware of any settlement discussions between AFSCME and the City,
and she did not authorize AFSCME to sign a settlement agreement on her behalf or to waive any
of her legal claims. Doc. 26-1 at ¶ 2. Mack was informed of the agreement only after it was
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signed by AFSCME and the City; she rejected the agreement and refused to resign her
employment or to sign any document indicative of a resignation. Id. at ¶¶ 3-4.
Discussion
The operative complaint has five counts. Count I alleges that May, Manning, and Pinto
violated the First Amendment by retaliating against Mack for reporting Defendants’ misconduct
to the police. Doc. 7 at 6 ¶¶ 35-41. Count II alleges that Officer McKenna violated Mack’s
Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process right by creating a false police report and by
falsely testifying at her arbitration hearing about what she had reported on April 23. Id. at 7
¶¶ 35-39. Count III alleges that the City discriminated against Mack due to her age, in violation
of the ADEA. Id. at 8 ¶¶ 35-41. Counts IV and V allege that the City, May, and Pinto violated
the Illinois Whistleblower Act (“IWA”), 740 ILCS 174/1 et seq., and Illinois public policy by
taking retaliatory actions against her. Id. at 9 ¶¶ 35-42; id. at 10-11 ¶¶ 35-41. Defendants press
several grounds for dismissal, which are addressed in turn.
I.
The AFSCME-City Settlement Agreement
Defendants contend that the AFSCME-City settlement agreement extinguishes Mack’s
§ 1983 and Illinois law claims. (Defendants acknowledge that, due to the Older Workers Benefit
Protection Act of 1990, 29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1), the settlement did not waive the ADEA claim.
Doc. 29 at 2 n.2.) The parties debate whether a union has the unilateral right to waive all legal
claims an employee might have against her employer where the employee herself does not sign
the waiver agreement. There is no need to resolve that question here because the settlement
agreement, by its plain terms, does not even purport to extinguish Mack’s individual claims.
Defendants contend that Paragraph 1 of the agreement waives Mack’s individual claims
against the City and the other defendants. Doc. 21 at 7; Doc. 29 at 2. Paragraph 1 states:
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AFSCME hereby withdraws the Request to Arbitrate with prejudice, and
waives any and all individual or class claims, including but not limited to any
grievances, any suits at law or equity, or claims before any administrative
agency, which it now has or may have against the City and its officers,
employees, and assigns arising either directly or indirectly out of the City’s
issuance of any discipline to Mack, including the Discharge, including any and
all claims for back pay or other monetary relief, except only as may be
necessary to enforce the specific provisions of this agreement.
Doc. 21-1 at ¶ 1 (emphases added). As the emphasized text makes clear, the agreement waives
AFSCME’s claims against the City and its employees, not Mack’s claims. And Mack’s claims
here, which arise under the First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Illinois law, belong
not to AFSCME, but to Mack. AFSCME and the City could have drafted contractual language
that at least purported to extinguish those claims—for example, “AFSCME waives, on behalf of
its member Marva Mack, any claims she may have relating to her discharge”—which would
have presented the question whether AFSCME had the authority to effect such a waiver without
Mack’s consent. But Defendants do not cite any provision of the settlement agreement that does
that, so they have not even taken the first step to establishing on the pleadings that the settlement
agreement extinguishes Mack’s claims.
II.
The Sufficiency of Mack’s Factual Allegations
A.
First Amendment Claim
Mack’s First Amendment retaliation claim alleges that she reported Defendants’
misconduct to the police, that this was protected speech, and that she was fired due to her speech.
Doc. 7 at 6 ¶¶ 35-40. Pinto, May, and Manning seek dismissal on the ground that they were not
personally involved in Mack’s termination. Doc. 21 at 9-10. Specifically, they argue that the
complaint alleges that Commissioner Evans terminated Mack for providing false or inaccurate
information to the police, but “does not allege any facts that link Pinto, May, or Manning to the
decision to terminate [Mack] based on the [police] report.” Id. at 10.
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The “cat’s paw” theory holds that “if a supervisor performs an act motivated by
[impermissible] animus that is intended by the supervisor to cause an adverse employment
action, and if that act is a proximate cause of the ultimate employment action, then the employer
is liable.” Staub v. Proctor Hosp., 562 U.S. 411, 422 (2011) (footnote omitted). Traditionally,
the theory is used to evaluate whether the employer is liable, not whether an individual employee
who harbored the impermissible animus is liable. However, in Smith v. Bray, 681 F.3d 888 (7th
Cir. 2012), the Seventh Circuit held that cat’s paw theory also can be used to establish individual
liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, while noting that claims under § 1981, § 1983, and Title VII
generally follow the same framework and observing that five other circuits have found individual
liability on the cat’s paw theory for § 1983 claims. Id. at 898-99 (“[A]t least five circuits have
indicated that a cat’s paw theory would support imposing individual liability under § 1983 on
subordinate governmental employees with unlawful motives who cause the real decision-makers
to retaliate. … In general, the same standards govern intentional discrimination claims under
Title VII, § 1981, and § 1983.”). So the cat’s paw theory is apt here.
Mack argues that May, Manning, and Pinto had a retaliatory motive arising from Mack’s
resistance to editing Marks’s time sheets, and that Evans was “the unwitting manager or
supervisor who is persuaded to act based on another’s illegal [motive].” Schandelmeier-Bartels
v. Chi. Park Dist., 634 F.3d 372, 379 (7th Cir. 2011); see also Cook v. IPC Int’l Corp., 673 F.3d
625, 628 (7th Cir. 2012) (“In employment discrimination law the ‘cat’s paw’ metaphor refers to
a situation in which an employee is fired or subjected to some other adverse employment action
by a supervisor who himself has no discriminatory motive, but who has been manipulated by a
subordinate who does have such a motive and intended to bring about the adverse employment
action.”). To satisfy the causation requirement, Mack need only allege “some direct relation
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between the injury asserted and the injurious conduct alleged.” Staub, 562 U.S. at 419. In
determining whether a plaintiff has sufficiently alleged causation, “[t]he key question is whether
the non-decision-maker’s actions were a ‘causal factor,’ based on common-law proximate cause
principles, in the termination decision.” Smith, 681 F.3d at 900.
The complaint alleges that May asked Mack to make improper edits to Marks’s time
sheet, that he attempted to go over Mack’s head when she refused, and that he made false
statements to the police that were attributed to Mack. Doc. 7 at ¶¶ 14, 19, 30. These allegations
are sufficient to state a claim against May, for they permit a reasonable inference that he bore
animus against Mack and intended to harm her, and that he intended to harm her due to her
speech regarding official misconduct. The causation requirement is met, as Evans fired Mack
due to her believe that Mack had made false statements to the police, and May is alleged to have
provided a statement to the police and “contributed to the fabricated police report.” Id. at ¶ 30.
Pinto’s involvement is alleged to be the following: He wrongfully accused Mack of
failing to submit certain time sheets, edited Marks’s time sheet at May’s request, criticized Mack
for not turning over time sheets at his request, made copies of the time sheets, and sent Mack a
“Disciplinary Action Report” for “entries made into [Marks’s] CATA record which appear to
have no supporting documentation, as well as for removing documents from city property, lying
to May about possession of the documents, and purposely withholding documents from a
Department Official.” Id. at ¶¶ 9, 20, 21, 23. All of this raises the inference that Pinto bore
animus toward Mack and intended to undermine her at work. However, none of it meets the
causation required to proceed on a cat’s paw theory.
The complaint alleges that Mack’s termination was due to Evans’s belief that Mack had
lied to the police on April 23. None of Pinto’s actions bear any causal relationship to the
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termination. To be sure, Pinto was generally involved in the disputes over Marks’s time sheets,
but the complaint does not allege that Pinto ever spoke to the police or otherwise contributed to
the false police report, nor does it allege that any of his activities caused police involvement in
the first instance. Accordingly, Mack cannot proceed against Pinto on a cat’s paw theory. See,
e.g., Nichols v. Mich. City Plant Planning Dept., 755 F.3d 594, 604 (7th Cir. 2014) (affirming
summary judgment for defendants and rejecting cat’s paw liability where the biased employee’s
improper conduct did not cause termination); Johnson v. Koppers, Inc., 726 F.3d 910, 915 (7th
Cir. 2013) (same).
The same is true of Manning, whose alleged involvement is even less substantial than
Pinto’s. Manning is alleged to have done the following: when asked by Mack why she was
being disciplined, Manning responded by asking Mack to turn over the time sheets, and then
asked for them again after Mack returned from her first suspension. Id. at ¶¶ 24, 26. Neither
action has any causal nexus to Evans’s termination of Mack due to Mack’s allegedly lying to the
police, let alone a sufficient nexus to constitute proximate cause.
In sum, Mack’s § 1983 First Amendment claim can proceed against May but not against
Pinto or Manning. Mack will be given one opportunity to amend her claim to allege a sufficient
connection between Pinto’s and May’s actions and her termination.
B.
Due Process Claim
As noted, Count II alleges that Officer McKenna violated Mack’s procedural due process
rights by “creating a false police report and falsely testifying at [Mack’s] hearing.” Doc. 7 at 7
¶¶ 35-39. Defendants move to dismiss on the grounds that McKenna was not responsible for the
procedural protections afforded (or not afforded) Mack and that, in any event, the procedural
protections she did receive were adequate. Doc. 21 at 10-12.
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“A procedural due process claim requires a two-fold analysis. First, [the court] must
determine whether the plaintiff was deprived of a protected interest; second, [the court] must
determine what process is due.” Leavell v. Ill. Dep’t of Natural Res., 600 F.3d 798, 804 (7th Cir.
2010). Thus, the right a plaintiff seeks to protect is not a right to the protected interest itself, but
rather a right to sufficient procedural protections prior to the deprivation of the interest. See
Owen v. Lash, 682 F.2d 648, 652 (7th Cir. 1982) (“[D]espite the fact that the right to procedural
due process may have an incidental effect on the substance of the actions undertaken by the
government, it is clear that the guarantee of procedural due process merely imposes upon the
State a duty to follow a fair process of decision making. Thus, a determination that
governmental action violated a citizen’s right to procedural due process is merely a
condemnation of the procedures that attended the action and not an assessment of the
constitutionality or propriety of the action itself.”).
When addressing the procedural right in question, the complaint identifies Mack’s “right
to a fair and impartial investigation of her false police report” and right to a “fair and objective
hearing” in the context of her termination. Doc. 7 at 7 ¶¶ 36-37. McKenna is not alleged to have
been responsible for providing or safeguarding those rights. A “plaintiff bringing a civil rights
action must prove that the defendant personally participated in or caused the unconstitutional
actions.” Grieveson v. Anderson, 538 F.3d 763, 776 (7th Cir. 2008); see also Minix v.
Canarecci, 597 F.3d 824, 833-34 (7th Cir. 2010); Knight v. Wiseman, 590 F.3d 458, 462-63 (7th
Cir. 2009). McKenna was not responsible for establishing procedures to protect, or for
preventing inappropriate deprivations of, Mack’s interest in keeping her job. Nor, for that
matter, was McKenna’s position (police officer) one that is ordinarily responsible for procedural
requirements concerning the termination of a city employee’s job.
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Count II is dismissed without prejudice, and Mack will be given one opportunity to
replead the procedural due process claim.
C.
ADEA Claim
Count III alleges that the City terminated Mack due to her age, in violation of the ADEA.
Specifically, Mack alleges that she was born in 1951 and that she was treated less favorably than
similarly-situated employees due to her age. Doc. 7 at 8 ¶¶ 35-36. (Mack originally alleged a
hostile work environment as well, id. at 8 ¶ 37, but has abandoned that claim, Doc. 26 at 11 n.4.)
Defendants seek dismissal on the ground that the complaint fails allege facts showing that age
was the basis for her dismissal. Doc. 21 at 12-13.
The ADEA claim alleges that Mack is over 40 and thus protected by the ADEA, see 28
U.S.C. § 631, and that she was treated less favorably than similarly-situated workers of a
different age, Doc. 7 at 8 ¶¶ 35-36. In the wake of Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544
(2007), the Seventh Circuit has held that materially identical allegations suffice to state an
employment discrimination claim. See Tamayo v. Blagojevich, 526 F.3d 1074, 1084 (7th Cir.
2008) (“Even after Bell Atlantic … , in order to prevent dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6), a
complaint alleging sex discrimination need only aver that the employer instituted a (specified)
adverse employment action against the plaintiff on the basis of her sex.”); EEOC v. Concentra
Health Servs., Inc., 496 F.3d 773, 781 (7th Cir. 2007) (holding that a plaintiff’s allegation that “I
was turned down for a job because of my race” is sufficient to survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to
dismiss). Given those precedents, Mack’s ADEA claim survives dismissal.
D.
State Law Claims
Count IV alleges that Mack was terminated in violation of the IWA, while Count V
advances a common law retaliatory discharge claim on the theory that her termination violated a
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“clearly mandated public policy for reporting possible illegal conduct and refusing to take part in
such conduct.” Doc. 7 at ¶ 1; id. at 9 ¶¶ 35-40; id. at 10 ¶¶ 35-39. Both claims are brought
against the City, May, and Pinto. Defendants move to dismiss as to the individual defendants,
but not the City. Mack concedes that the individual defendants are not proper parties as to the
common law retaliatory discharge claim, Doc. 26 at 12 n.5, so the only remaining question is
whether they are proper defendants for the IWA claim.
An IWA claim may be brought only against an “employer.” 740 ILCS 174/1 et seq. The
IWA defines “employer” as: “an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation,
association, and any other entity that has one or more employees in this State, … and any person
acting within the scope of his or her authority express or implied on behalf of those entities in
dealing with its employees.” 740 ILCS 174/5. Two decisions from this District hold that this
definition does not encompass government employees. See Hernandez v. Sheriff of Cook Cnty.,
2014 WL 1339686, *3 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 3, 2014); Parker v. Ill. Human Rights Comm’n, 2013 WL
5799125, *9-10 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 25, 2013). More recent decisions disagree, holding that the
definition’s final clause “makes it clear that individuals acting on behalf of an entity that one
might colloquially understand to be a person’s ‘employer’ may likewise be considered
‘employers’ potentially liable for violating the statute.” Bello v. Vill. of Skokie, 2014 WL
4344391, *9 (N.D. Ill. Sep. 2, 2014); see also Hower v. Cook Cnty. Sheriff’s Office, 2016 WL
612862, *3 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2016). This court agrees with Bello and Hower; the statutory text
makes clear that when an individual interacts with an employee on behalf of the employer—and
May and Pinto surely meet this requirement, as Mack’s supervisors—that person may himself be
considered an employer within the meaning of the statute.
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Defendants next argue that the complaint does not allege that Pinto and May retaliated
against Mack. This is incorrect. The IWA states that “[a]ny … act or omission not otherwise
specifically set forth in this Act … constitutes retaliation … if the act or omission would be
materially adverse to a reasonable employee and is because of the employee disclosing or
attempting to disclose public corruption or wrongdoing.” 740 ILCS 174/20.1. As one court has
observed, although “[f]ew courts have interpreted the IWA, … it is sufficiently clear from the
language of the statute that a plaintiff may only prove an IWA claim by showing that he engaged
in protected whistleblowing activity [and] suffered adverse employment action … as a result.”
Bello v. Village of Skokie, 151 F. Supp. 3d 849, 865 (N.D. Ill. 2015). Whether an action is
“materially adverse” will depend on the context. See Burlington N. and Santa Fe Ry. Co. v.
White, 548 U.S. 53, 69 (2006) (“[T]he significance of any given act of retaliation will depend on
the particular circumstances. Context matters.”).
While there is no dispute that Evans actually terminated Mack, May and Pinto are
nonetheless alleged to have taken retaliatory action—May gave false information to the police
that led to Mack’s termination, and Pinto disciplined Mack by creating a “Disciplinary Action
Report” for issues already resolved during a pre-disciplinary hearing—in response to Mack’s
refusal to edit Marks’s time sheets. Mack’s refusal was at least plausibly covered by 740 ILCS
174/20, which protects employees who refuse to “participate in an activity that would result in a
violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation … .” And while the complaint identifies
only her termination as the retaliatory action, Mack’s response brief specifically describes the
“instigat[ion of] a pre-disciplinary hearing, suspension, and disciplinary report” as retaliatory.
The Seventh Circuit has made clear that a plaintiff may supplement her factual allegations in a
brief responding to a motion to dismiss. See Phillips, 714 F.3d at 1020. Thus, considering both
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the complaint and response, Mack has alleged that she engaged in protected activity (refusal to
illegally alter time sheets) and suffered retaliation (the disciplinary write-ups and false report) as
a result. Mack has therefore stated a viable IWA claim against May and Pinto.
Conclusion
Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted in part and denied in part. Count I is dismissed
without prejudice as to Pinto and Manning, but may proceed against May. Count II is dismissed
without prejudice as well. Counts III and IV may proceed. Count V is dismissed with prejudice
as to May and Pinto, but may proceed against the City.
If Mack wishes to replead Count II and the dismissed portion of Count I, she must file an
amended complaint by March 24, 2017. If Mack does not replead, Defendants shall answer the
surviving portions of the operative complaint by March 31, 2017. If Mack does replead,
Defendants shall answer the portions of the amended complaint that survived dismissal, and
answer or otherwise plead to the amended portions of the amended complaint, by April 7, 2017.
March 10, 2017
United States District Judge
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