Watkins v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of the defendant, United Parcel Service, Inc. [hereinafter UPS], for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(c) 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Having studied the motion, briefs of the parties, the complaint, affidavits, depositions, and other documents filed, and having heard oral arguments in the matter, this court is persuaded to grant summary judgment for the defendant UPS.

I. INTRODUCTION

This legal action arose out of the defendant’s firing of the plaintiff, Ronald Watkins, an employee of UPS, for…