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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division AHMID DOUGLAS, )
Plaintiff, )
) v. Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-1534 ) )
SENTEL CORPORATION, et al., )
Defendants. )
ORDER
The matter is before the Court on the United States Magistrate Judge's March 11, 2020 Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 71) granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs Motion for Default Judgment against defendant Infinite Services & Solutions, Inc ("ISS"). [1] Specifically, the Magistrate Judge recommended granting plaintiffs motion for default judgment with respect to the following claims: (i) failure to accommodate plaintiffs religious beliefs under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ("Title VII"), (ii) retaliation under Title VII, (iii) hostile work environment under Title VII, and (iv) plaintiffs defamation per se claim. No objections to the Report and Recommendation [2] were filed. For the reasons that follow, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's findings of fact as its own and ADOPTS IN PART the Magistrate Judge's recommendation.
Before entering default judgment, a court must ensure that the action is within the court's [1] Plaintiffs Second Amended Complaint alleged that defendant ISS, defendant Sentel Corporation, and defendant Vectrus Mission Solutions Corporation (Sentel's corporate successor) were liable under Title VII as plaintiff's joint employers. Indus. of Am., Inc., 793 F.3d 404, 409-10 (4th Cir. 2015) (recognizing See Butler v. Drive Automotive that where two entities control an employee, both entities "may simultaneously be considered employers for purposes of Title VII"). On November 22, 2019, plaintiff stipulated to the dismissal of his claims against defendants Sentel Corporation and Vectrus Mission Solutions Corporation.
2 General Order No. 2020-03 extended the time for objections from March 25, 2020 to April 8, 2020. General Order No. 2020-07 further extended the time for objections from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020.