Coleman v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union et al

Filing 31

MEMORANDUM OPINION Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 3/17/17. Order to follow (gwalk, )

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

CELIACOLEMAN,
Plaintiff,

l:17-cv-18 (LMB/IDD)

V.

PENTAGON FEDERAL

CREDIT UNION, rtd,.
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before the Court is defendants' Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiff Celia Coleman ("plaintiff"

or"Coleman") has sued her former employer, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union ("defendant"

or"PenFed"), alleging sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, and retaliation under Title
VII ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. § 2000e et s^.; a hostile work environment,
retaliation, and discriminatory discharge under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. §621 s^; as well as raising acommon law wrongful discharge claim.^
Plaintiffhas also named four individual PenFed employees as defendants: MunaHall ("Hall"),

Shelia Boykin ("Boykin"), Veronica Dewald ("Dewald"), and Marilynn Wells ("Wells").
Plamtiff, who has been represented bycounsel throughout these proceedings, has filed a

total offour complaints inthis case. On January 4,2017, plaintifffiled her original complaint
[Dkt. 1], which was closely followed by an amended complaint [Dkt. 4] on January 13, 2017.
On February 9,2017, defendants filed their Motion to Dismiss. The next day, February 10,

plaintifffiled a second amended complaint [Dkt. 18], which corrected the numbering ofthe

^Plaintiff originally included claims for negligent supervision and negligent retention, which
have now been dropped.