Wyatt v. Steidel, No. 3:2014cv00064 - Document 32 (E.D. Va. 2015)
Court Description: OPINION. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. on 03/03/2015. Copy mailed to Plaintiff. (walk, )
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Wyatt v. Steidel Doc. 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division PERCY L. WYATT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 3:14-cv-64-JAG V. ROBERT STEIDEL, Defendant. OPINION This matter comes before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. Percy Wyatt claims that Robert Steidel, as Director of the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities, violated the Equal Pay Act ("EPA") by paying Wyatt a lower salary than he paid a comparable female employee. Wyatt's choice of a comparator employee, however, does not satisfy the statutory requirements of equal skill and responsibility. Because the plaintiff failed to meet this necessary element of a primafacie case under the EPA, the Court GRANTS Steidel's motion for summary judgment and DENIES Wyatt's motion for summary judgment. I. STATEMENT OF FACTS' Wyatt began working for the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities in 2006 as a Trades Supervisor II in the Wastewater Division. He worked his way up through several promotions to the position of Wastewater Collections Program Manager in May 2013. This ^Summary judgment becomes appropriate when the movant establishes that no genuine dispute of any material fact exists and the party is thereby entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a); jee Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, All U.S. 317, 322, 106 S. Ct 2548 (1986). The Court resolves all genuine factual disputes and inferences in favor of the non-moving party. United States v. Diebold, Inc., 369 U.S. 654, 655, 82 S. Ct. 993 (1962) (per curiam). Once the movant satisfies its showing for summary judgment, the burden shiftsto the non-moving party to establish a genuine issue of material fact. See Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586-88,106 S. Ct. 1348 (1986). Dockets.Justia.com
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