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Baskerville v. Sec'y of the Dep't of Veteran Affairs

District Court, M.D. Florida

Decided May 7, 2019No. Case No. 6:18-cv-1728-Orl-37DCIPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROY B. DALTON JR., United States District Judge

In this Title VII retaliation action, Defendant moves to dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and failure to state a claim. (Doc. 24 ("Motion ").) Plaintiff opposed (Doc. 30), and Defendant replied (Doc. 32). On review, the Motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff James Baskerville is an African-American male formerly employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs in its Orlando, Florida healthcare facility. (Doc. 22, ¶ 1.) Over the years,…

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