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three times during 1995 complaining that DFAS had discriminated
against her based on her race, gender, and in reprisal for having
successfully prevailed against DFAS in an earlier proceeding (the
nature of which was not explained at trial). Petitioner
complained that, as a result, DFAS supervisors made adverse
employee reviews of her, increased her workload, and did not
provide her office accommodations equivalent to those of other
coworkers. Petitioner engaged the services of an attorney, and
an informal complaint of discrimination was filed with EEOC. In
this informal complaint, the relief petitioner sought was (1) a
finding of discrimination, (2) a job performance evaluation of
exceptional with a cash performance award, and (3) compensatory
damages of $300,000 for discrimination in violation of the Civil
Rights Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102-166, sec. 1981, 105 Stat. 1071.
Petitioner's informal complaint did not seek any relief for
physical injury or sickness or any corrective relief relating to
the September 24, 1994, incident when petitioner injured her back
at work.
The EEOC counselor was not able to resolve informally
petitioner's complaint and advised that she could file a formal
complaint with EEOC. Petitioner, through her attorney,
thereafter filed two formal complaints with EEOC, the first in
1995 and the second in 1997. In both formal complaints,
petitioner alleged approximately 40 instances or occurrences in
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