Washington v. Coastal International Security, Inc.

Filing 27

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DISMISSING Plaintiff's amended complaint (c/m to Plaintiff 7/12/18 sat). Signed by Judge Deborah K. Chasanow on 7/12/2018. (sat, Chambers)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
:
GEORGE WASHINGTON
:
v.

:

Civil Action No. DKC 17-3311

:
COASTAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY,
INC.
:
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
On

April

24,

2018,

the

court

complaint was barred by res judicata.

found

that

Plaintiff’s

Plaintiff’s complaint was

dismissed, but, out of an abundance of caution, Plaintiff was
provided until May 15 to file an amended complaint setting forth
facts to support a separate cause of action for failure to hire.
(ECF No. 23).

On May 24, when Plaintiff had still not filed an

amended complaint, the court entered an order closing his case.
(ECF No. 24).
Unbeknownst to the Court, on the same day, Plaintiff filed
a document entitled “AMENDED.”

(ECF No. 26).

The document was

received by the Clerk in Baltimore approximately an hour prior
to the docketing of the dismissal order, but was not placed on
the

court’s

docket

until

later,

after

the

dismissal

order,

because it was forwarded to the courthouse in Greenbelt for
docketing.

Despite the late filing, the court will consider

whether the amended complaint can proceed.

As the court previously explained, any allegations related
to Plaintiff’s 2013 termination by Defendant and the effects of
that termination are barred by res judicata as that was the
subject

of

a

prior

suit

between

Plaintiff

and

Defendant.

Plaintiff was granted leave to file an amended complaint to
identify any more recent acts that Defendant had taken against
him which were unrelated to his previous termination.
23, at 5-6).

(ECF No.

Plaintiff’s amended complaint identifies no such

acts, and, instead, merely contains conclusory terms.

Plaintiff

has not provided sufficient factual allegations to support a
cause of action.
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s amended complaint BE, and the same
hereby IS, DISMISSED.

July 12, 2018

/s/
DEBORAH K. CHASANOW
United States District Judge

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