_ Will azz draft shooting guard?/1D, inaiics beats: www.standard.net Standa d] Serving the Top of Utah since 1888 Wadiiieday. June 20, 2007 50cents Ogden faces lawsuit Soiid start Ogden slips past Orem to win its Pioneer League opener in 2007 1D Martinez alleges discrimination Martinez is seekBY SCOTT SCHWEBKE Standard-Examiner staff sschwebke@standard.net : OGDEN — Former Ogden Human . 4 Wane: f : Resource Manager Dean Martinez is suing three of the city’s top administrators, alleging racial discrimination contributed to his firing last year. Defendants named in the 17-page a 1 ei ' im Be! : j ; ‘@ — Soccer | i and wrongful termination. ing reinstatement to lawsuit filed in 2nd District Court inhis former position clude the city, Chief Administrative with the city and unOfficer John Patterson, Management specified damages Services Director Mark Johnson, and for lost wages and City Attorney Gary Williams. emotional distress Martinez, who is black, alleges Martinez ms actions by Patterson, Johnson and and suffering. He Williams resulted in 10 offenses in- contends in the lawsuit his annual salary of $63,136 was less than that cluding defamation, infliction of emotional distress, free speech violations paid to white managers who worked for the city with similar responsibilities. Martinez was fired Dec. 4 for dishonesty and misappropriation of city documents, for taking home confidential personnel records involving a municipal employee and then providing them to another person, Williams has said. Scott Brown, the city’ s former business development manager, told See OGDEN/3A