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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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Doc. No. 23, Exhibit 1.

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq.

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Id. Plaintiff’s other claims were dismissed in a February 23, 2010, Order. Doc. No. 45. 

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Doc. No. 1.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

SONYA HALL PLAINTIFF

v. 4:08CV00645-WRW

ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH DEFENDANT

ORDER

A. Plaintiff’s Religious Discrimination Claim

In March, 1999, Defendant, a Baptist Church, hired Plaintiff as an executive assistant to

the pastor.1

 Defendant terminated Plaintiff’s employment on March 19, 2007. Plaintiff alleges

Defendant terminated her employment in violation of Title VII2

 of the Civil Rights Act based on

Plaintiff’s sex and religious practices.3 Plaintiff’s Complaint reads, in part: “[o]n or about March

19, 2007 the Plaintiff was discharged from her position for her religious practices.”

Considering everything in Plaintiff’s Complaint as true, under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-1(a)

Plaintiff cannot succeed on a claim against Defendant St. John Missionary Baptist Church on her

claim that she was “discharged from her position for her religious practices.”4 Accordingly,

Plaintiff’s religious discrimination claim is DISMISSED. Plaintiff’s sex discrimination claim is

the only remaining cause of action.

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Doc. No. 49.

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B. Defendant’s Motion in Limine

Pending is Defendant’s Motion in Limine (Doc. No. 49). Defendant asks the Court to

exclude from trial “any reference to or any fact from the record concerning” Plaintiff’s claims

that were already dismissed.5

 Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED. Plaintiff is directed not to

reference her claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, her claim that Defendant

violated her First Amendment rights, her claim in connection with her demotion, and her

retaliation claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 15th day of March, 2010.

 /s/Wm. R. Wilson, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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