Court rejects appeal from former Delaware prison guard

(AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling against a former Delaware prison guard who claimed he was fired in retaliation for complaining that he was the subject of illegal job discrimination.

The court on Thursday affirmed a federal judge’s 2015 ruling in favor of Department of Correction officials in a lawsuit filed by Rene Flores.

Flores claimed he was passed over for a promotion to captain in 2011 because he is Hispanic, and that officials later fired him in retaliation for complaining of discrimination.

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Officials say Flores was fired because he illegally accessed the state’s criminal database to look up criminal histories of people, including children of other DOC employees and a man who was dating his daughter, then lied when he was questioned about those activities.

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