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Gross v. Morgan State Univ.

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided April 19, 2018No. CIVIL NO. JKB–17–0448PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJames K. Bredar, Chief Judge

MEMORANDUM

I. Background

Plaintiff Valedia Gross filed this pro se lawsuit alleging federal claims of employment discrimination and retaliation by Morgan State University, her former employer, and Joyce Brown, her former supervisor at Morgan State. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) She has also included a Maryland state law claim of negligent hiring, retention, and supervision, which appears to be directed only against Morgan State. (Id. ) Defendants' counsel from the Maryland Office of the Attorney General filed an answer in which Defendants asserted sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the…

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