Bender v. Sessions

Filing 59

MEMORANDUM OPINION re Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 11/15/18. (klau, )

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

Alexandria Division

ANNA ANDIN BENDER,

Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. l:18-cv-76

V.

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III

Attorney General,
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant's Motion for

Summary Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56.
Plaintiff Ann Bender was an employee of a private corporation
SAVA as an

IT

Specialist that provided information technology

professionals to work at the Terrorist Screening Center (^"TSC"),
a facility administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
("FBI"). She identities as a

Pentecostal Christian. TSC has a

significant national security role and must be fully operational
at all times. On September 16, 2013, SAVA assigned Plaintiff to
the TSC as a "Shift Lead." Plaintiff's typical schedule had her

working the overnight shift between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Monday

through

Friday.

Because

TSC

required

24-hour-a-day

operation,

employees were required to work on the weekends and occasionally
Plaintiff did so.