Legal Opinion
Pamela Richardson v. Monitronics International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2005No. 05-10346PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Pamela Richardson sued Defendant-Appellee Monitronics International, Inc. (“Monitronics”), alleging that she was fired in retaliation for exercising her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). 1 The parties consented to a trial before a magistrate judge, who eventually granted Moni-tronics’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed Richardson’s action. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
A. Background
From July of 2000 until October of 2002, Richardson worked in the customer service department of Monitronics, a monitoring company for…
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