Pledger v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

ORDER

BRITT, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(e). Plaintiff filed a response to defendant’s motion entitled “Response to Motion for Summary Judgment” with attachments. Defendant subsequently filed a reply. This matter is ripe for decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, formerly employed by defendant, Dorothea Dix Hospital (“Dix”), which is a division of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), instituted this action on 10 November 1997 by the filing of a Complaint and…