McDowell v. MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC.

OPINION AND ORDER

CHARLES R. NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.’s (“Morgan Stanley”) motion to strike Plaintiffs’ second amended complaint or, in the alternative, to sever Plaintiffs’ claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 for misjoinder. For the following reasons, the motion to strike the second amended complaint is denied, while the motion to sever Plaintiffs’ claims is granted.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are four African Americans who worked at Morgan Stanley as financial advisors. They filed their claims as a single action in this Court, though at…