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MGM GRAND DETROIT CASINO,  Defendant.
Linda V. Parker, District Judge.
ANTHONY P. PATTI, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
The Court should GRANT Defendant's July 13, 2017 motion for summary judgment (DE 40) and dismiss with prejudice the claims set forth in her complaint (DE 1). However, the Court should deny Defendant's request for an award of costs and attorney fees associated with this motion (see DE 40 at 3, 32), as the issues on which this recommendation is based merited review by the Court.
Plaintiff filed a tardy response, which was nevertheless accepted and considered, and Defendant filed a reply. (DEs 42, 43.) On September 19, 2017, the Court denied Plaintiff's request to file a sur-reply. (See DEs 46, 45, 47.) On October 10, 2017, I entered a notice of determination of motion without oral argument. (DE 48.) Plaintiff filed a response to this notice, wherein she noted, among other things, her expectation “to be heard during oral argument to designate specific facts and admissions on file in this case not specified in the written Response.” (DE 49.) However, the Court has been adequately informed from the briefing, and this motion is ready for a report and recommendation on the papers alone.
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, “[t]he court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(a). A fact is material if it might affect the outcome of the case under governing law. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 249 (1986). The Court “views the evidence, all facts, and any inferences that may be drawn from the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.” Pure Tech Sys., Inc. v. Mt. Hawley Ins. Co., 95 F. App'x 132, 135 (6th Cir. 2004) (internal citations omitted).
“The moving party has the initial burden of proving that no genuine issue of material fact exists . . . .” Stansberry v. Air Wis. Airlines Corp., 651 F.3d 482, 486 (6th Cir. 2011) (internal quotations omitted); cf. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 (e)(2) (providing that if a party “fails to properly address another party's assertion of fact, ” then the court may “consider the fact undisputed for the purposes of the motion.”). “Once the moving party satisfies its burden, ‘the burden shifts to the nonmoving party to set forth specific facts showing a triable issue.'” Wrench LLC v. Taco Bell Corp., 256 F.3d 446, 453 (6th Cir. 2001) (quoting Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986)). The nonmoving party must “make an affirmative showing with proper evidence in order to defeat the motion.” Alexander v. CareSource, 576 F.3d 551, 558 (6th Cir. 2009); see also Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 432 F. App'x 435, 441 (6th Cir. 2011) (“The nonmovant must, however, do more than simply show that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts . . . . [T]here must be evidence upon which a reasonable jury could return a verdict in favor of the non-moving party to create a genuine dispute.”) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
Summary judgment is appropriate if the evidence favoring the nonmoving party is merely colorable or is not significantly probative. City Management Corp. v. United States Chem. Co., 43 F.3d 244, 254 (6th Cir. 1994). In other words, summary judgment is appropriate when “a motion for summary judgment is properly made and supported and the nonmoving party fails to respond with a showing sufficient to establish an essential element of its case. . . .” Stansberry, 651 F.3d at 486 (citing Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23 (1986)).
1. Plaintiff's complaint spans the alleged events of August 1, 2007 through December 4, 2014.

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