Hughes v. INOVA Health Care Services

Filing 35

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 06/26/2017. (jlan)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

MICHELLELYNETTE HUGHES,
Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. l:16-cv-674

V.

INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES

d/b/a/ INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Inova

Health Care Services d/b/a Inova Health System's ("Defendant" or
"Inova") Motion for Summary Judgment.

Plaintiff MichelleLynette

Hughes ("Plaintiff") worked as a Pathologists' Assistant for
Inova for almost two years.

Plaintiff alleges that Inova

discriminated and retaliated against her in violation of the
Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, at

seq., and that she was subject to retaliation in violation of
the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq.
Defendant is a non-profit healthcare system based in

Northern Virginia.

Between February 2007 and December 2013,

Plaintiff worked part-time, under a contract, as a Pathologists'
Assistant at Inova Loudoun Hospital.

In this position.