UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS March 10, 2022

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. No. 20-2023

ROARK-WHITTEN HOSPITALITY 2, LP, d/b/a Whitten Inn and Jai Hanuman, LLC, d/b/a Whitten Inn Taos and/or El Camino Lodge; SGI, LLC, d/b/a El Camino Lodge,

Defendants - Appellees. _________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (D.C. No. 1:14-CV-00884-PJK-LF) _________________________________

Anne N. Occhialino, Senior Appellate Attorney (Sharon F. Gustafson, General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein, Associate General Counsel, and Elizabeth E. Theran, Assistant General Counsel, with her on the briefs