The Washoe County School District is facing a whistleblower lawsuit from an employee who is alleging a range of fraudulent activity.
Shannon Hammond, an administrative secretary, first filed the complaint in April, according to court records. The lawsuit was filed in Second Judicial District Court as a “qui tam” case, which allows whistleblowers to sue on behalf of the government over alleged fraud.
Advocates and Gladue report writers are concerned that there is no process to verify claims to Indigenous identity when people in the criminal justice system ask judges for Gladue consideration in...