Case: EEOC v. LARKEN, INC. OF ALBUQUERQUE dba RADISSON HOTEL

1:01-cv-00382 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: April 5, 2001

Closed Date: Nov. 14, 2001

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Case Summary

The Albuquerque office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, against Larken Inc. of Albuquerque, d/b/a Radisson Hotel. The complaint, filed in April 2001, alleged national origin and sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Specifically, the charging party alleged that her employment was terminated because of her nationa…

In November 2001 the parties entered into a consent decree. The decree, valid for three years, required Defendant to pay the charging party a total of $70,000, post a notice of non-discrimination at its facility and provide anti-discrimination training to its employees. Defendant was enjoined from discrimination or retaliating in violation of Title VII or the ADEA and required to report regularly to the EEOC about its compliance with the decree.

Summary Authors

Shankar Viswanathan (7/28/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/11491449/parties/eeoc-v-larken-inc/

Judge(s)

Black, Bruce D. (New Mexico)

Judge(s)

Black, Bruce D. (New Mexico)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:01-cv-00382	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Larken, Inc, et al	Nov. 14, 2001	Nov. 14, 2001 Docket
1 1:01-cv-00382	Complaint EEOC v. Larken, Inc. of Albuquerque and Larken, Inc., d/b/a Radisson Hotel	April 5, 2001	April 5, 2001 Complaint
31 1:01-cv-00382	Consent Decree EEOC v. Larken Albuquerque Limited Partnership, Larken Albuquerque, Inc., Larken, Inc. of Albuquerque and Larken, Inc., d/b/a Radisson Hotel	Nov. 14, 2001	Nov. 14, 2001 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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Last updated Nov. 4, 2025, 12:01 a.m.

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	April 5, 2001	COMPLAINT-Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with jury demand (1 Summons(es) issued) (vv) (Entered: 04/06/2001)	Clearinghouse
	April 5, 2001	LETTER to counsel re consent to proceed before a U S Magistrate Judge (vv) (Entered: 04/06/2001)	PACER
2	April 20, 2001	NOTICE by plaintiff of refusal to consent to proceed before a US Magistrate Judge (Garcia) (cc: intake) (jrm) (Entered: 04/20/2001)	PACER
3	April 20, 2001	MINUTE ORDER: Case reassigned to District Judge Bruce D. Black and Case referred to Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia for discovery purposes (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 04/20/2001)	PACER
4	May 8, 2001	RETURN OF SERVICE executed upon deft Larken, Inc. on 4/18/01 (vv) (Entered: 05/08/2001)	PACER
5	May 8, 2001	ANSWER by Larken, Inc, Larken, Inc. [1-1] (sl) (Entered: 05/08/2001)	PACER
6	May 9, 2001	INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia Rule 16 scheduling conference set for 6/15/01 @ 3:00 pm; provisional discovery plan and IPTR due 6/11/01 (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) (Entered: 05/09/2001)	PACER
7	May 24, 2001	NOTICE by defendants of refusal to consent to proceed before a US Magistrate Judge (Garcia) (jrm) (Entered: 05/24/2001)	PACER
9	June 5, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service of initial disclosures by plaintiff to counsel on 6/4/01 (jrm) (Entered: 06/05/2001)	PACER
10	June 5, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service by defts of initial disclosures to counsel on 6/4/01 (vv) (Entered: 06/05/2001)	PACER
11	June 13, 2001	ATTORNEYS' PROVISIONAL DISCOVERY PLAN (jrm) (Entered: 06/14/2001)	PACER
12	June 19, 2001	CLERK'S MINUTES: before Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia Rule 16 scheduling conference HELD (jrm) (Entered: 06/19/2001)	PACER
13	June 26, 2001	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia adopting attorneys' provisional discovery plan filed 6/13/01; except as modified by IPTR [11-1] (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) (Entered: 06/26/2001)	PACER
14	June 26, 2001	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia assigning standard track and setting pretrial deadlines Discovery cutoff 11/19/01 ; Motion Filing cutoff 1/21/02 ; Pretrial order ddl 3/07/02 (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) (Entered: 06/26/2001)	PACER
15	June 26, 2001	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia setting Rule 16 settlement conference for 9/07/01 @ 9:00 am in Albuquerque (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) Modified on 06/29/2001 (Entered: 06/26/2001)	PACER
16	June 26, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service by pltf of 1st supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 6/26/01 (vv) (Entered: 06/27/2001)	PACER
17	June 29, 2001	NOTICE of hearing before District Judge Bruce D Black Jury selection/trial set for 4/01/02 @ 9:00 am in Albuquerque (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) (Entered: 06/29/2001)	PACER
18	July 3, 2001	INITIAL PRE-TRIAL REPORT by District Judge Bruce D. Black and Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia ; Discovery set for 11/19/01 ; mtn filing ddl set for 1/21/02 ; proposed pretrial order due 3/7/02 ; pretrial conference set for 8:30 am on 3/18/02 ; jury trial set for 9:00 am on 4/1/02 ; Estimated # of Trial Days: 5; Chances of Settlement: UNKNOWN (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 07/03/2001)	PACER
19	July 31, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service by pltf of 1st set of non-uniform interrogatories to counsel on 7/27/01 (vv) (Entered: 07/31/2001)	PACER
20	July 31, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service by pltf of 1st request for production of documents to counsel on 7/27/01 (vv) (Entered: 07/31/2001)	PACER
21	Aug. 3, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service by defts of 1st set of interrogatories, 1st request for production of documents to counsel on 8/3/01 (vv) (Entered: 08/06/2001)	PACER
22	Aug. 28, 2001	CERTIFICATE of service of objections and answers to 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and objections and responses to 1st request for production by defendants to counsel on 8/27/01 (jrm) (Entered: 08/28/2001)	PACER
	Sept. 7, 2001	SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE held before Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F Garcia; case not settled (jrm) (Entered: 09/07/2001)	PACER
24	Sept. 21, 2001	UNOPPOSED MOTION by plaintiff to extend the deadline for identification of experts and expert reports (jrm) (Entered: 09/24/2001)	PACER
25	Sept. 25, 2001	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia granting pltf's motion to extend the deadline for identification of experts and expert reports as described herein [24-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 09/25/2001)	PACER
26	Sept. 28, 2001	CERTIFICATE by plaintiff of service of disclosure of expert witness to counsel on 9/26/01 (eg) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	PACER
27	Oct. 5, 2001	JOINT MOTION by parties to extend time to serve mtns to compel (time not specified) (jrm) (Entered: 10/05/2001)	PACER
28	Oct. 11, 2001	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia granting the parties joint motion to extend time to serve mtns to compel [27-1]; pltf has until 10/19/01, defts until 10/27/01 (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 10/11/2001)	PACER
29	Nov. 14, 2001	STIPULATED MOTION for order asserting jurisdiction over Larken Albuquerque Limited Partnership and Larken Albuquerque, Inc (jrm) (Entered: 11/14/2001)	PACER
30	Nov. 14, 2001	ORDER by District Judge Bruce D. Black granting the parties stipulated motion for order asserting jurisdiction over Larken Albuquerque Limited Partnership and Larken Albuquerque, Inc [29-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 11/14/2001)	PACER
31	Nov. 14, 2001	(ORDER) CONSENT DECREE by District Judge Bruce D. Black as described herein dismissing case (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 11/14/2001)	Clearinghouse

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Case Details

State / Territory:

New Mexico

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: April 5, 2001

Closing Date: Nov. 14, 2001

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Private Entity/Person

Larken of Albuquerque

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Other Dockets:

District of New Mexico 1:01-cv-00382

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Monetary Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Neutral/Positive Reference

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 70000

Order Duration: 2001 - 2004

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Disparate Treatment

Discrimination Basis:

Age discrimination

National origin discrimination

Sex discrimination

Affected National Origin/Ethnicity(s):

Indian

Affected Sex/Gender(s):

Female

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. LARKEN, INC. OF ALBUQUERQUE dba RADISSON HOTEL, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, http://www.dev.clearinghouse.net/case/6573/ (last updated 7/28/2007).