Garza v. Shi

Full title: JULISSA GARZA, Plaintiff, v. SUSAN S. SHI, et al, Defendants.

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

Date published: Oct 5, 2018

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:16-CV-962 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 5, 2018)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:16-CV-962

10-05-2018

JULISSA GARZA, Plaintiff, v. SUSAN S. SHI, et al, Defendants.

ANDREW S. HANEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Pending before the Court in the above referenced proceeding is Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 24); Plaintiff's response (duplicate Docs. 27 & 28); Defendant's reply (Doc. 30) and Judge Stacy's Memorandum and Recommendation (Doc. 34) that the Court grant in part and deny in part Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant filed objections (Doc. 35), to which Plaintiff responded (Doc. 36).

The Court reviewed, de novo, the Magistrate Judge's conclusions and the objections thereto and agrees that Plaintiff's claims for race discrimination, religious discrimination and retaliation should be dismissed. The Court further agrees that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on the liable and slander claims should be denied. Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that the Memorandum and Recommendation (Doc. 34) is ADOPTED. It is further

ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's claims of race discrimination, religious discrimination and retaliation are GRANTED and those claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. It is further

ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's claims of liable and slander are DENIED.

SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this 5^th day of October, 2018.

/s/_________

ANDREW S. HANEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE