Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 9, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17–1508 (DLF)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DABNEY L. FRIEDRICH, United States District Judge
Before the Court is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Motion to Dismiss. Dkt. 3. For the following reasons, the motion will be granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
In this action, pro se plaintiff Ernest A. Thomas asserts age- and national origin-based employment discrimination claims against his employer, WMATA, and against his direct supervisor Sachit Kakkar and senior WMATA managers Paul J. Weidefeld and John T. Kuo (collectively, the Individual Defendants). See Compl. at 2-4, Dkt. 1; Title VII of the…
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