[blindlaw] Looking for insight

[NMPBRAT at aol.com]

Hi,
I am hoping that this list can provide me some insight into a  situation 
that I am currently in.  If this post is not appropriate for this  list, my 
apologies.  If you have another suggestion as to where I can post,  please 
feel free to suggest other ideas.  
 
Here's my situation.  I currently have a disability  discrimination charge 
with EEOC.  It took me one and half years to get an  enforcement 
investigator assigned to my case.  In those one and  a half years, the initial 
investigator went off the grid for six months and  it took me going all the way to 
the director of the field office and back down  through the investigator's 
supervisor in order to get a response.  About 3  months ago, I contacted one 
of my state senators offices in an attempt to get  things moving.  They have 
been somewhat helpful and I believe it is part of  the reason I even was 
just now assigned an enforcement investigator.  When  they got involved, the 
response they received from the EEOC office  regarding my case caught their 
attention and they were somewhat  concerned.  The case worker that I was 
working with in their office  stated that she took it to her supervisor, who then 
actually had her take  it directly to the senator himself. Anyway, I just 
spoke to the  investigator for the first time yesterday, as I had reached out 
to her.  I  had a question regarding filing a second charge.  in the 
conversation, she  stated that she wasn't sure when she might even be able to 
begin investigating  my case and stated she had cases that she was still working 
on from back in  2010.  
Now, I know government moves at a snails pace....I fully  expected that.  
However, my experiences with this office have been less  than ideal and even 
the representative from this senator's office agreed and was  concerned 
about what might be going on.  
So my question is..... Is this normal?  Is this typical  behavior and case 
management in any EEOC office wherever you are?  Or is  this more isolated 
to this particular office?   I'm just trying to  gain a broader perspective.  
Again, I'm not expecting a quick  turnaround.  If this is typical, then I 
just will have to live with  it.  However, if this is not, I may be a little 
more proactive and advocate  a little harder to keep things moving, even if 
that means involving the  senator's office again.  I don't expect miracles 
but also want the wheels  of justice to keep moving, so to speak.  Otherwise, 
I might be 80 and in a  retirement home by the time it gets investigated 
and settled (haha)!   
 
As I stated, any insight is appreciated.  
 
If you prefer to contact me off list, my email is _nmpbrat at aol.com_ 
(mailto:nmpbrat at aol.com) .
 
Thank you,
Nicole