SEAN G. FELDER, Plaintiff-Appellant -v.- UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee, UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, REED SMITH LLP, Defendants.1, 27 F.4th 834

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HOLDINGS: [1]-The district court did not err in dismissing the security guard's Title VII claims because he did not plausibly allege that the tennis association was his employer merely by asserting that it refused to issue his credentials; [2]-On the security guard's 42 U.S.C.S. § 1981 claim, he pled no facts suggesting that the tennis association denied his security credentials because of his race, nor did he offer any allegations suggesting that the association had a policy of not accepting Black security guards, or that he was treated differently than other "similarly situated" security guards; [3]-The security guard was permitted to amend his complaint regarding his Title VII retaliation claim so that he could allege, if possible, additional indicia of a joint employer relationship.