UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
LoUBNA s\ALAGH MASSEY, )
Plaintiff, §
v. § Civil Action No. 12-1383 (RJL)
REX W. TILLERsoN,l § F 1 L E D
Defendant. § MAR 3 l 2017
MEMo§:NDUM oPINloN C"§zr§m<`iiic§r?yisé'§§tr§nd
(March §§_, 2017) [Dkt. # 641
Loubna Salagh Massey (“plaintiff’ or “Massey”) brings this civil action against the
Secretary of State (“defendant”). Massey, Who Was employed as an Arabic Language and
Culture Instructor and Developer at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute
(“FSI”), alleges that the defendant, through the actions of her supervisors at the FSI,
subjected her to a hostile Work environment, discriminated against her on the basis of her
religion and national origin,v and retaliated against her for engaging in protected activity,
all in violation of Title Vll ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e Currently
before the Court is defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Dkt. # 64]. Upon
consideration of the pleadings, the entire record in this case, and relevant laW, the Court
GRANTS summary judgment in favor of defendant.
' lPursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), if a public officer named as a party to an action in his
official capacity ceases to hold office, the court Will automatically substitute that officer’s successor.
Accordingly, the Court substitutes Secretary of State Rex. W. Tillerson for former Secretary of State John
F. Kerry.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Loubna Massey Was born and raised in Morocco, but moved to the United
States in 2003. Def.’s Statement of Facts (“SOF”) 11 l [Dkt. # 64-1]; Pl.’s Statement of
Facts (“S()F”) ‘l[ l [67-1]; Massey Dep. at l3:ll-l6 [Dl