Legal Opinion

Brent Wheeler v. Daniel C. Miller, Dr. C. Sue McCullough Dr. Texas Woman's University

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 9, 1999No. 98-40412PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CÚRIAM:

Appellant Brent Wheeler was a graduate student at Texas Woman’s University. After failing to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology, he sued the university and two professors, Dan Miller and C. Sue McCullough (collectively TWU), seeking injunctive relief and damages. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of TWU. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In his live petition 1 Wheeler claimed that he was falsely accused of cheating, resulting in unfair treatment. Specifically, he claimed that false accusations of cheating resulted to inadequate grades, a punitive remediation plan, denial of…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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