HOUSTON v. Sgt. Michelle McKenzie, in Her Individual Capacity, Defendant. (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Richard HOUSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ATLANTA, Defendant-Appellee, Sgt. Michelle McKenzie, in Her Individual Capacity, Defendant.

No. 17-12126

Decided: August 24, 2018

Before TJOFLAT and JORDAN, Circuit Judges, and HUCK,* District Judge.

Earle Burke, Jordan Matthew Mahoney, The Burke Law Group, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Joan E. Clarke, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, Atlanta, GA, Rita M. Cherry, City of Atlanta Law Department, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Anna Marks Baldwin, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States

The issues before us in this employment discrimination case are whether the District Court erred (1) in dismissing for failure to state a claim for relief Richard Houston’s negligent supervision and retention claim against the City of Atlanta and his intentional infliction of emotional distress against Sgt. McKenzie, and (2) in granting summary judgment on his claim that the City retaliated against him for engaging in activity protected by the opposition clause of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. (sec sign) 2000e-(3)(a). After considering the parties’ briefs and having the benefit of oral argument, we find no error in the District Court’s rulings.

AFFIRMED.

PER CURIAM :

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