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Court allows evidence in Indian American woman’s EEOC bias case
Kandan originally brought race and national-origin claims but later withdrew them. The court noted that her only remaining claim is for intentional sex discrimination.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Tue, 25, Nov 2025
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A US federal judge has allowed Indian-born, naturalised American citizen Uma R. Kandan to introduce key evidence in her sex-discrimination lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), permitting testimony about alleged critical remarks made by a senior EEOC official regarding her job performance.
However, the court barred testimony describing those remarks as race- or national-origin discrimination and excluded an alleged “head bobble” gesture. According to the order issued on Nov, 24, “this lawsuit arises from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (‘EEOC’) Houston District Director Rayford Irvin’s selection of Michael Kirkland (a male) rather than Uma Kandan (a female) for the position of Field Director for the New Orleans Field Office.”
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