Merritt v. Mullen

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPENCER, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant J. Michael Mullen’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion.

I. Background

The following facts are taken from the First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff Stephen R. Merritt was employed as a Student Financial Aid Program Coordinator by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), an agency of the Commonwealth of the Virginia. At the time of Plaintiffs employment, Defendant was Acting Director of SCHEV. 1

Plaintiff had been employed at SCHEV since…