Corley v. Dental Bliss

Filing 48

ORDER: Upon de novo review in accordance with Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court agrees with the recommended disposition. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED, the Defen dants' Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 38 ) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART, and Atchley, Couzens, and Mahan are hereby DISMISSED from this action. Signed by Chief Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr on 7/1/2019. (xc:Pro se party by regular mail.) (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(jm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
LASHONDA CORLEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
DENTAL BLISS, et al.,
Defendants.

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NO. 3:17-cv-01211

ORDER
Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 47)
recommending that the Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 38) be
granted in part and denied in part. The Magistrate Judge recommends that the individual
defendants (Michael Atchley, Susan Couzens, and Chris Mahan) be dismissed from the action
because Corley’s Title VII and Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 claims cannot be
pursued against individual defendants. (Doc. No. 47 at 6-7.) However, the Magistrate Judge
recommends that Corley’s claims be allowed to continue against the corporate defendants (Dental
Bliss and 1 Mosaic, Inc.) because she has presented specific and detailed allegations sufficient to
support a reasonable inference that the Defendants discriminated against her because of her race
and age. (Id. at 8.) No objections have been filed to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation.
Upon de novo review in accordance with Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
the Court agrees with the recommended disposition. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge’s Report
and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED, the Defendants’ Motions for Judgment

on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 38) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART, and Atchley,
Couzens, and Mahan are hereby DISMISSED from this action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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