Legal Opinion
Welsh v. Hagler
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 18, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-0153PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TANYA S. CHUTKAN, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Jemmie Welch 1 sued the Smithsonian and two of its employees for failure to reasonably accommodate his diabetes. Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Because Welch failed to exhaust his administrative remedies or initiate the administrative process, the motion to dismiss is granted.
I. BACKGROUND
The Complaint alleges the following facts, which will be assumed to be true for purposes of the motion to dismiss. Plaintiff has been a security officer for the Smithsonian Institution since October 2008. (Compl. ¶…
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