Lasseigne v. White

Filing 99

ORDER ADOPTING 95 Final Report and Recommendation and GRANTING 84 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr on 6/13/2017. (btql)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
GANNON LASSEIGNE,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION FILE
NO. 1:14-CV-3156-TWT

MICHAEL S. PIWOWAR,
Defendant.

ORDER

This is an employment discrimination action. It is before the Court on the
Report and Recommendation [Doc. 95] of the Magistrate Judge recommending
granting the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 84]. For the reasons
set forth in the thorough and well-reasoned Report and Recommendation, the Plaintiff
cannot show a causal connection between his protected activity and his adverse
performance evaluation. In addition, there is no evidence that the adverse performance
evaluation was a pretext for retaliation. The Court approves and adopts the Report
and Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. The Defendant’s Motion for
Summary Judgment [Doc. 84] is GRANTED.

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SO ORDERED, this 13 day of June, 2017.

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

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