Jochims v. Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Filing 56

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: 54 Memorandum and Recommendations granting 49 MOTION for Summary Judgment. Jochimss claim for sex and pregnancy discrimination is dismissed. (Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified. (bthomas, 4)

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United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
MARIA JOCHIMS,
Plaintiff.
VS.
HOUSTON METHODIST
LAND HOSPITAL,
Defendant.

May 09, 2022
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk

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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On February 18, 2022, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge
Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Dkt. 48. Judge Edison filed a
Memorandum and Recommendation on April 20, 2022, recommending that Defendant
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s
Sex and Pregnancy Discrimination Claim (Dkt. 49) be GRANTED. See Dkt. 54.
On May 4, 2022, Plaintiff filed her Objections. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1)(C), this Court is required to “make a de novo determination of those portions
of the [magistrate judge’s] report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to
which objection [has been] made.” After conducting this de novo review, the Court may
“accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by
the magistrate judge.” Id.; see also FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).
The Court has carefully considered the Objections; the Memorandum and
Recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The Court ACCEPTS Judge Edison’s

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Memorandum and Recommendation and ADOPTS it as the opinion of the Court. It is
therefore ORDERED that:
(1)

Judge Edison’s Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 54) is
APPROVED AND ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court;
and

(2)

Defendant Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Motion for Summary
Judgment (Dkt. 49) is GRANTED. Jochims’s claim for sex and
pregnancy discrimination is dismissed.

It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED and ENTERED this 9th day of May 2022.

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GEORGE C. HANKS, JR.
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GEORGE C HANKS JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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