Ex-Prosecutor Who Sued Over Alleged ‘Misogyny’ Loses Discovery Bid
A former prosecutor in Suffolk County, N.Y., has lost a bid to reopen discovery in a ruling that says she can’t take advantage of the allowances usually given a pro se litigant.
Cameron Kenny claims in a lawsuit that she was unlawfully fired in 2005 because of “misogyny” in the district attorney’s office, the New York Law Journal reports. She took over her own representation last October, and one month later sought an order for three employee files and charts of salaries by gender in her former employer’s office. Magistrate Judge William Wall of Long Island denied the request.
“However diligent Ms. Kenny herself might have been, she is bound by the litigation decisions of her former counsel and has not shown good cause for the long delay in seeking discovery,” he wrote. Despite the fact that Kenny now represents herself, “she cannot expect ‘the special allowances [courts] sometimes make for pro se litigants.’ “
Kenny contends District Attorney Thomas Spota filled bureau chief and deputy chief positions with men while demoting or firing several women, the story says. She claims men made more money, won earlier promotions and received more prestigious assignments. Her complaint also contends that a fellow prosecutor made “lascivious comments” about “her bottom.”
