Khaldoun Khattab v. Morehouse School of Medicine

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
DEC 03, 2010
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 09-14748
Non-Argument Calendar
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D. C. Docket No. 07-00196-CV-RWS-1
KHALDOUN KHATTAB,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
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(December 3, 2010)
Before TJOFLAT, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
In July 2004, Dr. Khaldoun Khattab began an internal medicine residency at

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Morehouse School of Medicine (“Morehouse”) for the academic year, 2004-2005.
In June 2005, Morehouse decided not to renew his residency for the 2005-2006
academic year and therefore terminated his residency. Morehouse did so because it
found serious deficiencies in Dr. Khattab’s performance.
In July 2006, Dr. Khattab brought this action against Morehouse claiming
that, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Morehouse
discriminated against him on the basis of his race, color, national origin, and
religion ` through discriminatory work assignments, by harassing him in the work1
place, and in terminating his residency. He claimed that such discrimination
continued after the termination in that Morehouse provided one or more other
institutions with negative information that precluded him from finding another job
in medicine. He also claimed that Morehouse slandered and defamed him in
violation of state law.
Morehouse denied liability and following discovery moved the district court
for summary judgment. The court referred the motion to a magistrate judge who,
on July 14, 2009, issued a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) recommending
that the district court grant the motion. Dr. Khattab objected to the R & R. The
district court overruled his objections, received the R & R with approval, and
Dr. Khattab is Caucasian, a native of Syria, and a Muslim.1
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adopted it as the opinion of the court. Dr. Khattab now appeals.
We have carefully considered the magistrate judge’s R & R in light of Dr.
Khattab’s arguments for reversal. We find that the magistrate judge’s
comprehensive R & R of some 43 pages properly analyzed and disposed of Dr.
Khattab’s claims, and therefore affirm the district court on the basis of the
magistrate judge’s analysis.2
AFFIRMED.
In addition to challenging the district court’s decision granting summary judgment, Dr.2
Khattab argues that the magistrate judge and the district court abused their discretion in striking
his response to Morehouse’s motion for summary judgment for failing to comply with the
court’s local rules, and that the magistrate judge and the district court abused their discretion in
not extending the time for the filing of his response to Morehouse’s motion. We find no abuse
of discretion.
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