EAST ST. LOUIS — A retired U.S. Marshal claims he is being denied his retirement badge, credentials and Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act ID card because of his complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over his forced medical retirement.
Kyle W. Shirley filed a complaint July 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Donald W. Washington and Merrick B. Garland, alleging employment discrimination.
According to his pro se complaint, Shirley is a medically retired criminal investigator deputy U.S. Marshal and a firearms instructor. He alleges that on July 1, 2019, he sent a request to Ryan Morris, the Assistant Chief Inspector of Internal Affairs in the Office of Professional Responsibility, to request his "retirement badge, credentials and LEOSA ID Card." Shirley claims he was told his request was denied because the previous acting director denied them and that he was also told he was not "in good standing because of a singular derogatory statement made on a private USMS employee Facebook page." Shirley claims he was told his denial was also due to his forced medical retirement after suffering a "line-of-duty injury."
Shirley alleges the "actual reason" for the denial of his retirement badge and credentials is because of complaints he filed with the EEOC over not being given reasonable accommodations. He also alleges he was not given his retirement badge and credentials because he fought against a medical retirement.
Shirley seeks monetary and all other just relief.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois case number 21-CV-841-SPM