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Sellers v. United States Department of Defense

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided July 16, 2009No. C.A. 05-381 SPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs Appeal of Magistrate Judge Martin’s January 23, 2009 Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) urging this Court to grant Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff objects only to the Magistrate Judge’s conclusions regarding the narrow issue of comparative evidence. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs objection is denied and the R & R is adopted in full.

I. Standards of Review

In considering Plaintiffs objection, this Court must conduct “a de novo determination of those portions of the [R & R] to…

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