7 results for 'cat:"Civil Rights" AND cat:"Education" AND cat:"Employment Discrimination"'.
J. Chun denies the university president's motion to dismiss the retaliation claim in the school faculty member's complaint alleging that the university president wrongfully fired the faculty member for putting a statement in his class syllabus, emails and outside his faculty office door about the Coast Salish tribe's claim to land that read, "I acknowledge that by the labor theory of property the Coast Salish people can claim historical ownership of almost none of the land currently occupied by the University of Washington." The school faculty member plausible states a First Amendment retaliation claim, because the school faculty member's speech concerned a matter of public concern, and the court cannot employ the applicable Pickering balancing test at this stage.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Chun, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv964, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination
J. Parker grants the school system's summary judgment motion in this lawsuit brought by a teacher asserting claims under Title VII and the Tennessee Human Rights Act for discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. Certain discrete claims of harassment are time-barred, and her hostile work environment claim is not supported by the allegations.
Court: USDC Western District of Tennessee , Judge: Parker, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv2346, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination
J. Kleeh grants in part the university's and several professors' motions to dismiss a fellow Department of Public Administration professor's religious and national origin discrimination suit. In addition to 42 U.S.C.§ 1981 not affording protection against discrimination based on national origin or religion, the court grants the professors' motion in both their individual and official capacities in counts five and six of the complaint. On the similar claims in counts one and two under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the court grants the university's motion to strike references to the professor's 2017 denial of tenure and allegations predating Nov. 20, 2020, but denies it to strike his allegation the Department Faculty Evaluation Committee denied his promotion to full professor in 2023.
Court: USDC Northern District of West Virginia, Judge: Kleeh, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv153, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination
J. Dever grants North Carolina State University’s motion to dismiss allegations of disability discrimination brought by a Ph.D. candidate who claims the university did not accommodate his ADHD, depression and anxiety diagnoses. He requested multiple leaves of absence during his program to attend mental health appointments, which the university afforded him. An advisor gave a research assistantship to a different student because the candidate was “a liability.” However, the candidate’s hostile work environment and failure to accommodate claims are not sufficient or time-barred under the ADA.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Dever, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv331, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination
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Per curiam, the circuit finds that the district court improperly dismissed the Black female educator's claims arising from a reneged-upon promise to pay for her to attend the Mississippi School Board Association Prospective Superintendent’s Leadership Academy. The court concluded that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects employees against only “ultimate employment decisions.” But a recent case before the Fifth Circuit showed that Title VII requires a broader reading and removed the "ultimate decision" requirement. The educator plausibly alleges facts that satisfy adverse employment action requirements. Reversed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: September 21, 2023, Case #: 21-60771, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination
J. preserves in part an employment discrimination and retaliation complaint brought by a high school special education teacher alleging he faced discriminatory treatment on the basis that is he is Trinidadian, namely that it failed to provide him access to a men’s or unisex bathroom. He fails to provide any substantive detail that would suggest the school’s actions were motivated by discriminatory animus, but he otherwise paints a clear enough picture that he was terminated at the end of his probationary period on false accusations of lateness in retaliation for his complaints regarding access to his preferred bathroom.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Matsumoto, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3117, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, education, employment Discrimination