A Nevada prison officer has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming he was passed over for promotion due to racism, favoritism and nepotism.
63-year-old Frederick Rogers is a sergeant at High Desert State Prison near Indian Springs. He filed the case December 17th in US District Court in Reno.
Rogers is black. He alleges that after nearly 10 years on the job and advancing to second on the department's promotion list, he was passed over for promotion to lieutenant five times. He says that's because he filed a state equal rights complaint in 2000 about age and race discrimination.
A Corrections Department official declined comment because the case is pending.
Eight other current and former Nevada Department of Corrections employees also have a federal lawsuit pending alleging harassment, retaliation and a hostile work environment.
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