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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA,NORTHERN DIVISION

DEBORAH ANTHONY, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:13cv449-MHT

) (WO) 

STATE OF ALABAMA ) 

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE )

SERVICE and JERRY BASSETT, )

in his individual and )

official capacities, )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

Plaintiff Deborah Anthony filed this lawsuit against

defendants Alabama Legislative Reference Service and Jerry

Bassett asserting claims of race and sex discrimination

with regard to her employment. This lawsuit is now before

the court on the recommendation of the United States

Magistrate Judge that defendants’ motions for summary

judgment should be granted as to all claims except

Anthony’s Title VII hostile-environment claim against the

Alabama Legislative Reference Service. Also before the

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court are the defendants’ objections to the

recommendation. After an independent and de novo review

of the record, the court concludes that the defendants’

objections should be overruled and the magistrate judge’s

recommendation adopted. 

While the court believes that it is doubtful whether

Anthony’s Title VII hostile-environment claim should go

forward, the court believes that the more practical

approach (so as to be sure that Anthony has without

question received full notice and due process) is to refer

this claim back to the magistrate judge so that the

magistrate judge can consider sua sponte (after giving

notice to Anthony) whether summary judgment should be

granted on the claim or the Legislative Reference Service

can file a summary-judgment motion expressly targeted at

the claim.

An appropriate judgment be entered.

DONE, this the 29th day of September, 2014.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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