Bobby Little v. Lifeshare Blood Centers

W.D. Louisiana

Bobby Little v. Lifeshare Blood Centers

District Court, W.D. Louisiana·Decided May 8, 2026·No. 5:26-cv-00630·Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION

BOBBY LITTLE CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-0630

VERSUS JUDGE ALEXANDER C. VAN HOOK

LIFESHARE BLOOD CENTERS MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

ORDER

The Court having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, Record Document 12, the defendant’s partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 7, plaintiff’s response to partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 11, together with the written objections, as well as the response in opposition to the objections, and after a de novo review of the record, and concurring with the findings of the Magistrate Judge under the applicable law, the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and the reasons articulated therein. In his objection to the Report and Recommendation regarding his intentional infliction of emotional distress claim (“IIED claim”), the plaintiff asserts that the Court should consider that his supervisor “is a pastor at [a Baptist church], and he used his pastoral role to gain the trust of employees….” Record Document 13 at 2. The plaintiff further details how the supervisor’s conduct was more egregious considering this position. Id. at 2-3. The Court disagrees. Even if this additional information was included in the complaint, the alleged conduct does not support an IIED claim. See White v. Monsanto Co., 585 So.2d 1205, 1209 (La. 1991) (The conduct complained of must be “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that defendant Lifeshare Blood Center’s partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 7, is GRANTED. Plaintiffs ADA and ADEA claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. DONE AND SIGNED at Shreveport, Louisiana, this 8th day of May, 2026.

CY We CVn gh UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION

BOBBY LITTLE CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-0630

VERSUS JUDGE ALEXANDER C. VAN HOOK

LIFESHARE BLOOD CENTERS MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

ORDER

The Court having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, Record Document 12, the defendant’s partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 7, plaintiff’s response to partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 11, together with the written objections, as well as the response in opposition to the objections, and after a de novo review of the record, and concurring with the findings of the Magistrate Judge under the applicable law, the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and the reasons articulated therein. In his objection to the Report and Recommendation regarding his intentional infliction of emotional distress claim (“IIED claim”), the plaintiff asserts that the Court should consider that his supervisor “is a pastor at [a Baptist church], and he used his pastoral role to gain the trust of employees….” Record Document 13 at 2. The plaintiff further details how the supervisor’s conduct was more egregious considering this position. Id. at 2-3. The Court disagrees. Even if this additional information was included in the complaint, the alleged conduct does not support an IIED claim. See White v. Monsanto Co., 585 So.2d 1205, 1209 (La. 1991) (The conduct complained of must be “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that defendant Lifeshare Blood Center’s partial motion to dismiss, Record Document 7, is GRANTED. Plaintiffs ADA and ADEA claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. DONE AND SIGNED at Shreveport, Louisiana, this 8th day of May, 2026.

CY We CVn gh UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Bobby Little v. Lifeshare Blood Centers, (W.D. La. 2026).

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