REED v. MCDONALD

Filing 39

ORDER ACCEPTING IN PART 37 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION; granting 22 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint. (Amended Pleadings due by 10/16/2017.). Signed by JUDGE MARK E WALKER on 10/2/2017. Plaintiff' ;s retaliation and termination claim is DISMISSED without prejudice for Plaintiff's failure to exhaust her administrative remedies. Plaintiff's claim relative to a hostile work environment is DISMISSED without prejudice with leave to file an amended complaint. (kdm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE DIVISION
MEREACOS REED,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 1:16cv142-MW/GRJ

RONALD A. McDONALD, Secretary.
Department of Veteran Affairs,
Defendant.
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ORDER ACCEPTING IN PART
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This Court has considered, without hearing, the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation, ECF No. 37, and has also reviewed de novo Plaintiff’s objections
to the report and recommendation, ECF No. 38. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
The report and recommendation is accepted and adopted in part, over
Plaintiff's objections, as this Court’s opinion. Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, ECF
No. 22, is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s retaliation and termination claim is DISMISSED
without prejudice for Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust her administrative remedies.
Plaintiff’s claim relative to a hostile work environment is DISMISSED without

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prejudice with leave to file an amended complaint on or before October 16,
2017.
SO ORDERED on October 2, 2017.
s/Mark E. Walker
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United States District Judge

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