Pettiford v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TILLEY, District Judge.

This case is now before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment [Doc. #28]. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED as to all claims except for retaliation based on complaints of racial discrimination and DENIED as to those claims.

I

The facts, in the light most favorable to the Plaintiff, Dora Pettiford, are as follows. In early August of 1998, Pettiford, an African-American female, applied for a…