By james art 
A federal case against the city government of Topeca by police captain Jennifer Cross has experienced an attempt to reject it without a process.
US District Judge Catherine H. Vratil on Wednesday canceled the proposal that the city filed in search of the dismissal of the case, saying that the request had become “controversial” after the Cross -Cross lawyers replied by filing a modified complaint.
Three claims claim that CROS has been subjected to a hostile work environment, deprived of her right to equal protection under the law and is a revenge for pursuit of a previous claim against the city that claims discrimination.
Why did the city think the case should be thrown away?
The CROS trial was filed on September 13.
Amanda Vogelsberg, a private practice lawyer who helps to present the city, replied on December 18, applying to be fired. She said CROS’s complaint failed to write down, specific facts.
Lawyers Mark A. Jess and Christie Jess of Freedom, Missouri, representing Cross, replied on January 29, asking her doors to allow CROS to file a modified complaint. The doors provided this request on February 7th.
Jessis filed a amended Cross complaint on February 12th.
It says that although her lawyers believe that CROS’s initial complaint would be sufficient to survive the city’s rejection proposal, the revised document clearly provides sufficient new information to cure any disadvantages that the first may be He had.
Dotio agreed.
What made us here?
Cross, Police in Topeka, Major Yana Kizar and Major Colin Stewart filed a lawsuit in January 2023, claiming that the city was discriminated against, twice choosing less qualified men for promotion over Kitsar and Stuart and He once chose a less qualified man to promote the waist.
On August 12, Federal Judge allowed Kizar and Stewart to continue with one of the claims of the case, but rejected their other two, including the one by the cross.
The federal hearing has ruled that Topeca’s city government is discriminating on the basis of a gender against Kizar and Stewart and awarded the two nearly $ 489,000. The jurors have set a considerable burden on the testimony they heard during the CROS process, the court records said.
Meanwhile, Cross on September 12, it initiated its current claim against the city.
Other cases of discrimination Topeka has recently been confronted
In addition to the cross and costume and costume won by Stewart and Kizar, the city faces or faces discrimination claims in which:
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The city agreed last October to pay an agreement of $ 397,500 to former human resources director Jacques Russell, a black woman who filed a federal complaint claiming revenge and discrimination based on age, gender and race.
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The city agreed to pay $ 200,000 in 2023 to settle racial discrimination and revenge claims made by Topeca Ron Ruther Fire Office Battalion.
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Former water distribution employee Keith Bennett, who is black, is chasing a lawsuit against the city stating that racial and age discrimination.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at Threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-59534.
This article originally appeared at Topeka Capital-Journal: The judge chooses not to reject the Captain’s Captain against the city of Topeka