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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

Ted Figueroa

v.

Timothy Geithner Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury


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Civil No. JFM-08-1805

OPINION Ted Figueroa ("Plaintiff") sued Timothy Geithner ("Defendant"), Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury Department"), alleging discrimination in violation of Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Defendant has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons articulated below, this motion will be denied. I. Plaintiff is a totally blind employee of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), a division of the Treasury Department. (Opp. to Def.'s Mot. for Summ. J. ("Pl.'s Response"), Ex. 1.) Plaintiff has been employed by the IRS since 1994, when he was hired as a computer programmer--GS-5 IT Specialist--in the IRS's Tax Delinquent Account project (TDA). (See id., Ex. 1.) Arlene Rosh has worked for the IRS since 1976. (Mem. of Law in Supp. of Def.'s Mot. for Summ. J. ("Def.'s Mem."), Ex. 2 at 9

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