The opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION - CINCINNATI
MOLLIE JOHNSON, i Case No. 1:20cv842
Plaintiff, : Judge Matthew W. McFarland
vs. :
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)
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. Sheriff's 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.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
Wis
JUDGE MATTHEW W. McFARLAND