Court Rules for Town, Citing Recreation Director’s Failure to Meet ‘Legitimate’ Expectations

A federal judge from the District of South Carolina has adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation and granted summary judgment to a municipality, which was sued by its former recreation director, an African American, for alleging racial discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq.   The court found specifically that plaintiff, Jimmy A. Reed, failed to prove a prima facie case of discrimination.   Reed was hired as the Recreat