George W. Marthers, III and Jude T. McKenna v. Alberto Gonzales

George W. Marthers, III and Jude T. McKenna v. Alberto Gonzales and the Department of Justice on a civil rights violation reverse discrimination theory. Plaintiffs claimed that their supervisors "intentionally discriminated against them by creating a hostile work environment because of their race. Marthers and McKenna are white; their former supervisors, Dempsey Jones and Johnny Fisher, are black. Plaintiffs also claimed that the supervisors retaliated against the agents after they filed an internal complaint with DEA in March 2002 and later with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They claimed that the were constantly harassed, verbally and physically, and said that Fisher even had a black agent spy on them. Both went out on sick leave in April 2002 due to work-related stress. They were soon replaced in their positions and found to be unfit for duty by DEA's psychologists. Marthers and McKenna are still employed by the DEA here, where they do financial investigations.

The Government claimed that Marthers and McKenna were "problem agents" who ran afoul of Jones and Fisher because they wouldn't comply with the new managers. Jones left the DEA in 2002 and now works for the Transportation Security Administration. Fisher remained with the DEA here until 2005, when he retired.