Nagarajan v. Hargrove et al

Filing 45

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation [Docket No. 42 , filed March 29, 2018] is ADOPTED as this Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant T ennessee State University's Motion for Partial Dismissal [Docket No. 36 , filed February 13, 2018] is GRANTED. IT IS ORDERED. Signed by Visiting Chief Judge Denise Page Hood on 5/1/18. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(afs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
GOVINDASWAMY NAGARAJAN,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 3:16-cv-00495
Hon. Denise Page Hood

v.
SAMUEL HARGROVE, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION and
GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISMISSAL [#36]
On March 29, 2018, Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes entered a Report and
Recommendation regarding Defendant Tennessee State University’s Motion for
Partial Dismissal (Docket No. 36). The Magistrate Judge recommends that the Court
dismiss Plaintiff’s ADEA claims because Defendant Tennessee State University has
sovereign immunity on that claim. Neither party filed an objection to the Report and
Recommendation.
The Court has had an opportunity to review this matter and finds that the
Magistrate Judge reached the correct conclusions for the proper reasons. Finding no
error in the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, the Court adopts the
Report and Recommendation in its entirety. Furthermore, as neither party has raised
an objection to the Report and Recommendation, the Court finds that the parties have

waived any further objections to the Report and Recommendation. Smith v. Detroit
Fed’n of Teachers Local 231, 829 F.2d 1370, 1373 (6th Cir. 1987) (a party’s failure
to file any objections waives his or her right to further appeal); Thomas v. Arn, 474
U.S. 140, 149 (1985).
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation [Docket No. 42, filed
March 29, 2018] is ADOPTED as this Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of
law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Tennessee State University’s
Motion for Partial Dismissal [Docket No. 36, filed February 13, 2018] is GRANTED.
IT IS ORDERED.

May 1, 2018

s/Denise Page Hood
DENISE PAGE HOOD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SITTING BY SPECIAL DESIGNATION

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