Tweed v. Rappahannock Regional Jail et al

Filing 94

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Liam O'Grady on 12/14/2017. (awac, )

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

TIMOTHY E. TWEED

Plaintiff,
Case No. l:16-cv-01164

Hon. Liam O'Grady

v.

RAPPAHANNOCK REGIONAL JAIL, et al.

Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt.
No. 44) and Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 58). Discovery in this case
closed on September 28,2017. The Court has thoroughly considered the briefings, giving
additional attention and consideration to Mr. Tweed's pro se filings, and dispensed with oral
arguments. For the following reasons, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to carry his burden
to prove a prima facie case for age discrimination under the ADEA and that Plaintiff is unable to

show that Defendant's non-discriminatory reasons for terminating Plaintiff were pretextual. An
accompanying order has already issued (Dkt. No. 88).
I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Timothy Tweed has sued the Rappahannock Regional Jail (RRJ), the RRJ

Authority, and four RRJ employees in their individual and official capacities alleging Mr. Tweed
was terminated from his position as a probationary correctional officer (CO) because of his age
in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Am. Compl. 1-4. RRJ hired

plaintiff Mr. Tweed on September29,2014 to serve as a CO. Defendants' Motion for Summary