Pamela McKinney v. Jeh Johnson

NONPRECEDENTIAL  DISPOSITION   To  be  cited  only  in  accordance  with  Fed.  R.  App.  P.  32.1 United States Court of Appeals For  the  Seventh  Circuit Chicago,  Illinois  60604   Argued  October  6,  2016   Decided  October  7,  2016       Before         DIANE  P.  WOOD,  Chief  Judge         FRANK  H.  EASTERBROOK,  Circuit  Judge         DANIEL  A.  MANION,  Circuit  Judge       No.  16-­‐‑1624   Appeal   from   the   United   States   District   Court   for   the   PAMELA  MCKINNEY,   Northern   District   of   Illinois,     Plaintiff-­‐‑Appellant,   Eastern  Division.       v.     No.  12  C  220   JEH  C.  JOHNSON,  Secretary  of  Homeland  Security,   Edmond  E.  Chang,  Judge.     Defendant-­‐‑Appellee.     Order     Pamela  McKinney  contends  that  the  Federal  Emergency  Management  Agency  ter-­‐‑ minated  her  employment  in  retaliation  for  a  complaint  about  discrimination.  After  a  tri-­‐‑ al,  the  jury  returned  a  verdict  for  the  defendant.  McKinney  asks  for  another  trial  on  the   grounds  that  one  juror  was  biased,  that  one  witness  contradicted  evidence  given  under   oath  before  the  trial,  and  that  her  two  retained  attorneys  were  incompetent.  McKinney   presented  all  three  contentions  to  the  district  judge,  who  rejected  them  in  a  careful  opin-­‐‑ ion.  2016  U.S.  Dist.  LEXIS  35696  (N.D.  Ill.  Mar.  21,  2016).  After  considering  McKinney’s     No.  16-­‐‑1624   Page  2   briefs  and  oral  argument,  we  do  not  find  any  legal  error  or  abuse  of  discretion  in  that   decision.  For  substantially  the  reasons  given  by  the  district  judge,  the  decision  is   AFFIRMED.