A discrimination lawsuit filed by a Capitol Police officer against the department in 2018 might be heading to trial later this year.
On Wednesday, Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia set a mid-October trial date in the lawsuit filed by Mauricia VanMeter, who alleges that in 2017 she was dismissed from the department’s K-9 unit training program on the basis of her sex and disability, in violation of the Congressional Accountability Act.
“Officer VanMeter is gratified that Judge Cobb recognized that a jury could decide in her favor on the discrimination and retaliation claims,” Les Alderman, the attorney representing VanMeter, said following Wednesday’s status conference. “It has been a long and arduous road thus far, and we are excited to have a trial date so that we can bring USCP’s unlawful treatment to light and hear what a jury has to say about it.”
