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holding that the plaintiff had offered sufficient direct evidence of discriminatory animus, such that age was "at least part of the reason for the employment decision", where the decisionmaker admitted that he believed that a younger individual would be "better or more qualified than their older counterparts."
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2:06cv893, Electronic Filing.
June 9, 2008
MEMORANDUM ORDER
On July 11, 2006, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Francis X. Caiazza for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate's Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 626(b)(1)(A) and (B), and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.
On May 14, 2008, the magistrate judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Document No. 33) recommending that Defendant Ringgold Area School District's Motion for Summary Judgment (Document No. 26) be granted in part and denied in part to the extent described in the Report.
Service of the Report and Recommendation was made, and neither party filed objections.
AND NOW, on this 9th day of June, 2008, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Ringgold's Motion for Summary Judgment (Document No. 26) is granted in part and denied in part to the extent described in the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, which is adopted as the opinion of the District Court.