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Khwaja v. Jobs to Move America

Principal's Pre-Firing Comments Support Inference of Discriminatory Intent Under Title VII

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OPINION AND ORDER In his Amended Complaint, Omer Waqas Khwaja brings a host of claims against his former employer, Jobs to Move America (“JMA”), and its co-founders, Madeline Janis and Linda Nguyen-Perez, alleging violations of federal and New York employment discrimination and labor laws. Defendants have moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint. The Honorable Stewart D. Aaron, United States Magistrate Judge, issued a Report and Recommendation, which recommended that Defendants’ motion be granted, except with respect to most of Khwaja’s sex discrimination and retaliation claims. Dkt. 74 (“Report”). Defendants filed objections, asking the Court to instead dismiss the Amended Complaint in its entirety. Dkt. 75 (“Objections”). For the reasons discussed below, the Court adopts the Report in full. I. Background The facts and procedural history of this action are reviewed in detail in Judge Aaron’s first Report and Recommendation, dated November 13, 2019, Dkt. 41, which recommended dismissal of the original Complaint, and in the Report now on review before this Court. To briefly summarize, Khwaja worked as a Campaign Director at JMA from January 2018 until he was fired in February 2019. See Dkt. 63 (“Amended Complaint”)

11, 13, 36. In the interim, Khwaja alleges that Defendants made comments disfavoring men, see e.g., id. at

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