Legal Opinion
Govan v. Trustees of Boston University
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 26, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-11056-PBSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, District Judge.
Pro Se plaintiff Nurjhan B. Govan (“Go-van”), an African-American woman, was terminated from the Ph.D. program in the Department of Psychology (“Department”) at defendant 1 Boston University (“BU”) after failing her qualifying examinations for the third time. More than six years after receiving her notice of termination, Govan filed this complaint on May 7, 1997, alleging that she was treated differently because of her race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1985, 2000d and state law. 2 BU has moved for summary judgment. After hearing, the motion is…
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