Full title: Vanessa Holloway, Plaintiff, v. Professor Daryl Scott et al., Defendants.
Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Date published: Oct 13, 2016
Facts
The plaintiff is a resident of New York, New York. She sues a professor at Howard University in the District of Columbia for $10,000 based on a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff also seeks an order to compel the University to award her a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in History, which she allegedly was denied because of the professor’s “intentional behavior [that] caused [her] severe mental distress.”
Issue
Decision
Plaintiff states that the University “violated Title IX by denying [her] right to an education,” but she has alleged no supporting facts. Therefore, no federal question is presented, and the $10,000 amount in controversy is well below the threshold to establish diversity jurisdiction. A separate order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.