Lane v. Clayton County, Georgia et al

Filing 121

ORDER adopting 115 Final Report and Recommendation; granting 76 Motion for Summary Judgment as to the remaining federal claims. The Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction as to the state law slander claim which is dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr on 7/6/10. (cem)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ROBERT STANLEY LANE, Plaintiff, v. CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants. ORDER This is an employment discrimination action. It is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 115] of the Magistrate Judge recommending granting the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 76] as to the remaining federal claims and dismissing the state law slander claim without prejudice. The Magistrate Judge correctly determined that the Plaintiff failed to present evidence showing a prima facie case as to his failure to promote claim and failed to show pretext as to his termination claim. The Court approves and adopts the Report and Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. The Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 76] is GRANTED as to the remaining federal claims. The CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:08-CV-3781-TWT

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Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction as to the state law slander claim which is DISMISSED without prejudice. SO ORDERED, this 6 day of July, 2010.

/s/Thomas W. Thrash THOMAS W. THRASH, JR. United States District Judge

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