Collins v. Noble Drilling (U.S.) LLC

Full title: ANDREW COLLINS, Plaintiff, v. NOBLE DRILLING (U.S.) LLC, Defendant.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION

Date published: Jan 15, 2019

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:16-CV-2293 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 15, 2019)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:16-CV-2293

01-15-2019

ANDREW COLLINS, Plaintiff, v. NOBLE DRILLING (U.S.) LLC, Defendant.

ANDREW S. HANEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Pending before the Court in the referenced proceeding is Magistrate Judge Stacy's Memorandum and Recommendation (Doc. 29), recommending that the Court grant the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 17) as to all claims. Plaintiff has filed Objections (Doc. 30) to the Memorandum and Recommendation.

The Court has reviewed the case, de novo, and agrees with the Magistrate Judge's conclusion that Plaintiff abandoned his racial discrimination claims and that he did not establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination or retaliation under Title VII. Accordingly, the Court hereby

ORDERS that the Memorandum and Recommendation (Doc. 29) is ADOPTED. The Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 17) of Defendant Noble Drilling (U.S.) LLC is GRANTED.

Plaintiff's case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

Entry of this Order shall constitute entry of Final Judgment.

SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this 15^th day of January, 2019.

/s/_________

ANDREW S. HANEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE