On Nov. 18, the College and three UNC Kenan-Flagler Enterprise College professors filed movement to dismiss Angelica Rose Brown’s discrimination lawsuit.
Brown — a former UNC Kenan-Flagler graduate pupil — filed a federal lawsuit towards the College, three professors and the UNC Board of Governors in late August. The ten counts embody allegations of race discrimination, illegal retaliation and Civil Rights Act violations.
In courtroom paperwork to dismiss the case, College counsel stated any points between Brown and the professors have been targeted on analysis initiatives and weren’t linked to her race.
“Whereas the analysis in query concerned problems with race, the content material of the analysis doesn’t remodel an instructional disagreement with Brown into racial discrimination,” the filings stated in United States District Court docket for the Center District of North Carolina.
The three professors had a “lower than splendid working relationship with Brown,” the paperwork stated.
The defendants declare Brown did not allege information that “fairly infer” that the College and professors are liable.
A decide will resolve whether or not to grant or dismiss the motions.
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