Opinion
1:20cv842
03-01-2023
MOLLIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. ROSS TOWNSHIP, ROSS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ROSS TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART AS MOOT DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS (DOC. 14)
MATTHEW W. McFARLAND, JUDGE
Before the Court is a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings filed by Defendants Ross Township, Ross Township Board of Trustees, Ross Township Police Department, Burton Roberts, Robert Bass, and Patrick Carr (Doc. 14). Also pending is a motion for summary judgment filed by the same defendants (Doc. 43).
Plaintiff brings nine statutory and common law claims related to her termination from a former employment as a detective with the Ross Township Police Department. The motion for partial judgment on the pleadings targets all of the causes of action. Plaintiff disputes all of Defendants' arguments, with one exception: She withdraws her Title VII claims against Defendants Roberts, Bass, and Carr. (Response, Doc. 17, Pg. ID 138.) Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART the motion for partial judgment on the pleadings and dismisses the Title VII claims against Defendants Roberts, Bass, and Carr in their individual capacities. Hobbs v. Lucas Cnty. Sheriffs Off., 537 F.Supp.3d 962, 965 (N.D. Ohio 2021).
As for the remaining arguments: Upon review, the motion for summary judgment also addresses all of Plaintiff's causes of actions, in substantially the same but even more substantive fashion than the motion for judgment on the pleadings. It promotes judicial economy here to address these claims in the context of a full record-that is, on the motion for summary judgment. Having considered the papers filed relating to the motion for partial judgment on the pleadings and motion for summary judgment, the Court DENIES AS MOOT the motion for partial judgment on the pleadings. See Williamson v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 417CV00217ALMCAN, 2017 WL 4573694, at *1 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 26, 2017), report and recommendation adopted, No. 4:17-CV-217, 2017 WL 4552555 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 12, 2017). The Court will address the motion for summary judgment when it becomes ripe.
IT IS SO ORDERED.