UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-12035-RGS

YONG LI
v.
RAYTHEON COMPANY, IAN C. MITCHELL,
and ARTHUR BULIUNG

ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

November 30, 2006

STEARNS, D.J.                                                            

This action arises out of plaintiff Yong Li’s employment with defendant Raytheon Company and its investigations of Li’s internal race discrimination complaint. Defendants Raytheon, Ian C. Mitchell (Li’s former department manager at Raytheon), and Arthur Buliung (a former Raytheon human resources administrator) move for summary judgment on all of Li’s race discrimination and retaliation claims, and her associated state law claims. Defendants point out that the material facts are undisputed and that there is no evidence supporting Li’s claims[1].

The court agrees with Raytheon that Li’s claims fail because, among other things, she is an at-will employee, there is no competent evidence that Raytheon treated Li differently than any other employee, Li presents no competent evidence of retaliatory acts, that she suffered an adverse employment action, that Raytheon engaged in misconduct in its handling of her internal discrimination complaint or the investigation of her failure to return to Raytheon after the expiration of her Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in their supporting memorandum, the motion of defendants Raytheon Company, Ian C. Mitchell, and Arthur Buliung for summary judgment is ALLOWED on Li’s federal claims[2].

SO ORDERED.

RICHARD G. STEARNS
UNITED STATES DISTRIC JUDGE
——

1. The court is thoroughly familiar with the facts and claims in this case having acted on sixty-five motions of substance and procedure since allowing Li to amend her Complaint in February of 2006.

2. The foundational federal claims being dismissed, the court declines to consider Li’s various state-law claims. See Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Cohill, 484 U.S. 343, 350 n.7 (1988)

Popularity: 1%