Farmer v. Ramsay

MEMORANDUM

LEGG, District Judge.

This is a racial discrimination suit. The plaintiff, Rob Farmer, a white male, contends that he was denied admission to the University of Maryland School of Medicine (“UMSM”) in 1995 on account of his race. 1 Farmer alleges that he would have been accepted had he been an applicant from an “under-represented minority.” 2 Farmer also argues that UMSM’s admissions policies are unconstitutional because the admissions committee, in pursuit of a diverse student body, considers the race and ethnicity of applicants when making admissions decisions.

Farmer charges that…