Legal Opinion
Watts v. Florida International University
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2007No. 05-13852PublishedCited by 496 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by John Watts from the dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of his amended complaint claiming, among other things, that because of his religious beliefs he was terminated from a practi-eum position, which led to his dismissal from a seminar and prevented him from earning his master’s degree at a state university.
I
Given the procedural posture of the case, we view the allegations in the amended complaint in the light most favorable to Watts. While the true facts may be other than those alleged, for present purposes it does not matter. The allegations,…
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