Gee v. Milwaukee Board of School Directors et al
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DECISION AND ORDER signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 9/18/14 Granting 25 Motion for Summary Judgment. The Clerk of Court shall enter final judgment. (cc: all counsel, via USPS to plaintiff) (dm)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ANTOINE GEE,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 12-C-0877
MILWAUKEE BOARD OF
SCHOOL DIRECTORS,
Defendant.
DECISION AND ORDER
Antoine Gee, who is male, filed a complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 in which he alleges that he was subjected to disparate treatment on the basis of his
sex while he was employed as an elementary school teacher in the Milwaukee Public
Schools. The defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 56,
in which it contends, among other things, that Gee cannot prove discrimination under either
the direct or indirect method. In his response to the motion, Gee does not point to any
evidence of discrimination or make any legal argument at all. See Letter of July 11, 2014,
ECF No. 30. Accordingly, I must conclude that there is no genuine dispute as to any
material fact and that the defendant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The motion
for summary judgment will be granted.
Before concluding, I note that I warned Gee that unless he filed a response to the
defendant’s motion for summary judgment, I would consider the motion unopposed and
would grant it. See ECF No. 29. In response to this warning, Gee stated, among other
things, that he never received the motion. However, the defendant’s certificate of service
indicates that the motion was mailed to him at the address that is on file with the court, see
ECF No. 28, which is the proper way to complete service under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(C). Moreover, Gee has not taken any action to
obtain a copy of the motion or asked the court for additional time to obtain a copy of the
motion and file a proper response. Therefore, assuming it is true that Gee never received
a copy of the motion, that is not an excuse for Gee’s failure to file a proper response to the
motion.
For the reasons stated, IT IS ORDERED that the defendant’s motion for summary
judgment is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court shall enter final judgment.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 18th day of September, 2014.
s/ Lynn Adelman
__________________________________
LYNN ADELMAN
District Judge
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