Underfer v. University of Toledo

OPINION

Plaintiff Jerry L. Underfer appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Underfer brought suit against the University of Toledo and the University of Toledo Research Council (collectively, “the University”), as well as University President Frank Horton, Professor Bernard W. Bopp, and Vice President James Fry (collectively, “the individual defendants”) in their official capacities, alleging that the defendants vio*833lated federal civil rights law in their handling of plagiarism claims brought against him by the National Science Foundation. Because…