Litman v. George Mason University

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CACHERIS, District Judge.

Before the Court is an action brought pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (“Title IX”), alleging that a state-controlled university’s administration and faculty retaliated against a student for filing a discrimination complaint. Once again, the Court is presented with a novel question: whether the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Alexander v. Sandoval, a Title VI case, bars the plaintiffs claim for Title IX retaliation. 1 Defendant George Mason University has filed a Motion to Dismiss on that ground,…