UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAWAN N. TARQUINII, : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 21-1567 : v. : Re Document No.: 31 : CARLOS DEL TORO, in his official capacity : as U.S. Secretary of the Navy : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, alleges that Defendant 1 violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by terminating her employment at Marine Corps Community Services in Iwakuni, Japan in 2015. See Compl. at 1–2, ECF No. 1. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that her termination amounts to unlawful discrimination based on her race, sex, religion, and disability status and retaliation for her protected equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) activity. See id. Discovery in this matter closed on March 31, 2022, after which, at the Court’s direction, the parties continued to confer to attempt to resolve outstanding issues. See Sched. Order, ECF No. 16; Min. Order (Apr. 7, 2022). With the parties at an impasse, on September 19, 2022 the Court ordered Plaintiff to file a motion to compel on all remaining discovery disputes. See Min. Order (Sept. 19, 2022). That motion is now ripe for consideration. 1 Carlos Del Toro was automatically substituted as Defendant upon assumption of the position of U.S. Secretary of the Navy pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel, ECF No. 31, is granted in part and denied in part. II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff worked in human resources capacities, all Non-Appropriated Fund (“NAF”) positions, for Marine Corps Community Services (“MCCS”) in Iwakuni, Japan, from July 2013 to November 2015. See Compl. at 3; Def.’s Opp’n to Pl.’s Mot. Compel (“Def.’s Opp’n”) at 1, ECF No. 32. In September 2014 she worked to facilitate a job fair for MCCS. Compl. ¶ 30(p); Answer ¶ 30(p), ECF No. 14. Plaintiff’s spouse and brother interviewed for jobs and ultimately were hired. See Compl. ¶ 30; Answer ¶ 30. In November 2015, Plaintiff was terminated for “engaging in a pattern of misconduct that violated the rules of [sic] prohibiting nepotism and actual or apparent conflicts of interest” through actions “in connection with the employment of [her] husband and brother by MCCS.” Compl. ¶ 31(a). Plaintiff filed this suit on February 26, 2021 alleging violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701, et seq. See Compl. at 1. She alleges that she was subjected to discrimination based on her race (African American), sex (female), disability (hypertension), and religion (Catholic), predominantly by her first-level supervisor, Robert Johnston, and her second-level supervisor, John Iwaniec. See id. at 10. She also claims that she engaged in several protected “EEO activities,” such as reporting these instances of discrimination and objecting to similar treatment of others. See id. at 3–10. Accordingly, Plaintiff claims …
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